Sunday, January 13, 2013

American Colony: Meet The Hutterites Are still On The Air?

I'm watching late night TV and lo and behold, the National Geographic Channel is still playing American Colony: Meet the Hutterites on reruns.
it's surprising because the Hutterites have totally ripped Nat Geo for their false portrayal of the Hutterites and the actors that played some of the characters.
This came out late last year from Fox News: Leaders of a Hutterite colony are demanding an apology from the National Geographic Society and a pledge that it never again broadcast a television show they say misrepresented their way of life and damaged their reputation.
National Geographic Channel CEO David Lyle said Wednesday an apology is unwarranted because the show gave a fair and accurate depiction of colony life.
Caught in the middle are the stars of the show who say they have been told by elders to "tell the truth" but some of whom now fear possible excommunication.
"That's what I'm scared of," said Bertha Hofer about the possibility of being cut off from the King Ranch colony.
King Ranch colony minister John Hofer, Bertha's brother in law, wrote a July 31 letter to National Geographic Society chairman and CEO John Fahey that "American Colony: Meet The Hutterites" was supposed to be a National Geographic Channel documentary about the German-speaking agricultural community of Protestants in central Montana....
The result was an inaccurate depiction that has damaged the reputation of Hutterites everywhere, he said.
"We feel we were ambushed and publicly humiliated by the producers of Meet the Hutterites, and by the National Geographic Society," Hofer wrote in his letter to Fahey. "King Ranch Colony did not sign up for this sort of abuse."...
John Hofer told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Collins arrived at the colony, found their life too boring for TV, and persuaded them to do things they never would normally do.
"The way I feel, he mocked us and degraded us," Hofer said. "The first time I met that guy, you know what he said? 'I'm not out to hurt any of the people.' And he turned around and that's what he did. Our simple way of life was not exciting enough to him. "
The King Ranch colony was paid $100,000 to participate in the production, and that money has been spent, he said.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/08/hutterites-want-apology-for-natgeo-television-show/#ixzz2HqaBnEo9
You can blame Nat Geo for abusing and misusing the Hutterites and making them out to be some swearing, partying, lying bunch of people.  But the Hutterites are just as guilty because they were paid $100,000 to lie and allowed those lies to slander and libel other Hutterite colonies and those who live there.
When the air was first showed, I mostly blamed Nat Geo for their misrepresentation of the Hutterite, especially because Nat Geo had a reputation of being an honest history channel.
But, now that I know that the King Ranch got and spent $100,000 for the show, they are equally as guilty of portraying the Hutterites in a false light by their lying and producing false segments of the show.  Why the whole King Colony is not shunned or ex-communicated from being Hutterites is beyond me, but then, I am not a Hutterite and I'm not in power to question why they don't do this.  Maybe they have been forgiven for their lying and stealing the $100,000 by the other Hutterites around the U.S. and Canada.

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