One of the porest documentary series made to date - if indeed it is a documentary. Most likely this is an infomercial in disguise - and if it is, it has most definitely overstepped ALL the criteria of ethical journalism.
It took a while, a couple of episodes, for this reviewer to realise "things were not adding up". There is a "forced amount" of praising the presented companies - that should have been an early warning signal. But that could have been chalked up to simply being poor journalism. Then the "technical data" began to blur, that's a pretty big giveaway for something aspiring to be a documentary. The focusing on how great the company behind a product is - rather than wherein the greatness lies is a bit blatant.
Then came the over-rhetoric and exaggerations. As an example, In the "train episode", we are told that AGV is "the world's fastest means of transport" and that Italian italo is "the world's foremost train" . Note, If you will, the choice of wording - it's deceptive.
Why this particular kind of con artistry isn't banned is baffling - apparently it's ok to not only steal people's time - but also stuff their minds with false information. This is one of the most obvious "don't see". If you have any interest in any of the presented topics you are way off spending time finding something that actually is a documentary covering the subject.
It took a while, a couple of episodes, for this reviewer to realise "things were not adding up". There is a "forced amount" of praising the presented companies - that should have been an early warning signal. But that could have been chalked up to simply being poor journalism. Then the "technical data" began to blur, that's a pretty big giveaway for something aspiring to be a documentary. The focusing on how great the company behind a product is - rather than wherein the greatness lies is a bit blatant.
Then came the over-rhetoric and exaggerations. As an example, In the "train episode", we are told that AGV is "the world's fastest means of transport" and that Italian italo is "the world's foremost train" . Note, If you will, the choice of wording - it's deceptive.
Why this particular kind of con artistry isn't banned is baffling - apparently it's ok to not only steal people's time - but also stuff their minds with false information. This is one of the most obvious "don't see". If you have any interest in any of the presented topics you are way off spending time finding something that actually is a documentary covering the subject.
