NY Times Feature on "Ancient Aliens" Casts Ancient Astronaut Theorists as Friendly Lovable Rogues Searching for God
Renowned Ancient Aliens critic Jason Colavito reviews the puff piece he was interviewed for, but his views were cut from.
“While the article by Steven Kurutz pays lip service to the problems with the ancient astronaut theory, the overall thrust of the article is a celebration of the community that has formed around the Ancient Aliens television show. This was especially disappointing to me because Kurutz interviewed me at length several weeks ago for the piece, and he had told me that he planned to use my interview in the article to discuss the dark side of the ancient astronaut theory, including its ties to racist ideas and white nationalism, as well as the racist, anti-Semitic, and paranoid statements made by the show’s talking heads, including Erich von Däniken (who called Blacks a “failed” experiment), David Wilcock (who blamed the Jews for trying to kill him), and the late Jim Marrs (who alleged that the Jews and Obama were working together to destroy America)....”
Read the entire article on Jason Colavito’s blog
http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/the-new-york-times-runs-major-feature-on-ancient-aliens-casts-ancient-astronaut-theorists-as-friendly-lovable-rogues-searching-for-god
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