![]() The answer to this contemporary quandary for us, the viewing public, isn't to demand censorship of these works or to remove them from their services - though, it's fair to ask that the most egregious examples be classified as something other than documentary. But, with little fanfare, that’s exactly what these streaming services are doing now by placing the likes of a tested-and-true documentary next to the work of smutty, conspiracy-peddling hacks. ![]() Many in the media and academia have been highly critical of how Facebook, Twitter and Google were used as profit-driven pawns in the proliferation of fake news during the 2016 election. There’s also "Aliens on the Moon: The Truth Exposed" (2014), which claims that their supposedly previously unreleased (and grainy) NASA footage shows that aliens use the moon as their landing base. ![]() ![]() Then there’s "Zeitgeist: The Movie" (and its subsequent sequels), which paints religion and the Federal Reserve as tools of mind control used by the federal government. The filmmakers don't provide any credible proof of their subject's allegations, which is a core tenet of legitimate documentary filmmaking. Then the so-called documentary takes a wild turn, with the former convict claiming that he sold crack on behalf of the CIA to help Ronald Reagan fund the Sandinistas in the 1980s. As a lover of hip-hop, I was mesmerized by the tales of the man who claims that rapper Rick Ross stole his name and identity when he was locked up for being one of the hardest hitting drug dealers during the crack epidemic. ![]() Take " Freeway: Crack in the System," which is currently streaming on Netflix. Today, as more and more people cut the cord, the far flung reaches of the internet have now become many people’s regular old TV. ![]()
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