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Twenty-five years ago, Bob Mckeown and a fifth estate crew stunned the country with an investigative report that showed that many of the wildlife documentaries we'd grown up watching on television (remember the famous footage of the lemmings going off the cliff or some of the memorable moments from shows like Wild Kingdom?) were staged for the television cameras. As well, they revealed that animals often died during the making of movies; all for the sake of the entertainment value.

Now, Bob McKeown and an investigative team have returned to the subject to find out what has changed since the fifth estate's first Cruel Camera documentary. What they found may astonish you.
Jan 2, 2009 3:15 PM
Re: The Fifth Estate - Cruel Camera
I don't see why this guy is getting bent out of shape that they use shots of captive animals when they're being 100% factual at the same time.

Yeah, said animal is captive, but the thing they're showing and saying is 100% true to nature. I don't criticize a biology book that doesn't have an ACTUAL image of a human cut in half to show all it's parts. A 100% factual facsimile will be just fine with me.
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Re: The Fifth Estate - Cruel Camera
I'm with you on the depicted facts issue. The problem is that many of these captive animals are mistreated.
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Re: The Fifth Estate - Cruel Camera
Sometimes painful to watch, especially the chimp abuse. Very informative, though. Thanks for posting.

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