First of all, great site you have here.

I have one questions, and please excuse me if it's redundant and/or silly:

If these guys are purposely out to decieve and the Sci-Fi channel is aware of this, would they have to inform the viewers of this?  I know it's silly, but when watching other shows, i.e. lost tapes on animal planet, they make it very clear that what they are showing are re-enactments based upon the idea that *insert various cryptid* exists, essentially they're saying, "the following is fake" (which is fine…at least they're honest).  Also, I watch Man vs. Wild on Discovery…not sure if anyone is familiar but it's based on the premisse that a guy goes out into the woods and survives for 5 or so days all by himself w/ no outside help.  To make a long story short, the guy was busted sleeping in a hotel or something and the gig was up.  Now everytime I watch the show, Discovery Channel makes it very clear that the host, does in fact recieve help from his crew and that he's is purposely placed in situations to show the viewers how to respond accordingly (as opposed to being all by himself). 

It just seems to me that a network has an obligation to it's viewers?!?!  If that wasn't the case why did Discovery Channel all of a sudden disclose this info after they were exposed?  Why does Animal Planet very blatantly tell it's viewers that their show is totally made up (thust causing no one to watch…LOL)?  If GH and Sci-Fi were out to decieve don't they have to inform the viewer or am i totally off base?  Thanks in advance.

dr_peter_venkman said:

First of all welcome. Glad to have you.

I'm not a lawyer but it seems to me that there isn't any legal obligation for SciFi to broadcast a disclaimer. After all, they're just putting the "Fi" in SciFi. That being said, I agree that taken in the context of the other shows and channels you mentioned it does seem odd that they don't have some sort of statement referring to the authenticity of the content.

Thanks dude.  

blinddog50 said:

andiamo,

They do not have to issue a disclaimer because basically no one has factually proved that ghosts exist.

The show is listed as a docudrama( a classification that covers a multitude of sins).

I hear what your saying.  I'm just thinking, what if Sci-fi has factual proof that TAPS is faking evidence…can they still pass it off as "real"? 

This is what I found when I searched docudrama (from wiki).  Anyhow, thanks for the response.

A docudrama is a dramatization of actual historical events. As a neologism, the term is often confused with docufiction.

Ok, so lets just say that the Sci-Fi Channel is actually KNOWIINGLY perpetrating a hoax….who exactly are you going to report this to….that gives a crap. FCC in the States CRTC in Canada????….dont exactly stay up at night waiting for someone to be arrested on this.