Disinformation (TV series)
| Disinformation | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Disinfo Nation |
| Genre | Documentary series |
| Written by |
Richard Metzger Bradley Novicoff |
| Directed by |
Richard Metzger Craig Melville |
| Presented by | Richard Metzger |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Gary Baddeley |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4[1] |
| Original release | 14 January 2000 – 16 February 2001 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Disinformation, also known as Disinfo Nation, was a television show hosted by Richard Metzger.[2] It was aired for two seasons on Channel 4 in the UK as part of their late night "4Later" programming block.[3] Called a "punk rock 60 Minutes" and "wilder than Jackass" by the Los Angeles Times and Wired magazine respectively, the sixteen 30-minute episodes produced for C4 (and several segments never aired in the UK) were then cut down to four one-hour "specials" intended for the Sci Fi Channel in America, but never aired due to the controversial nature of what was portrayed on screen.[4] According to interviews Metzger was told just twelve days prior to the first specials' air-date that he would have to cut 50% of the material from the show in order to pass the USA Network's corporate lawyers' scrutiny. Those four shows have subsequently been released on a DVD with a second bonus disc presenting highlights of The DisinfoCon, a twelve-hour event featuring shock rocker Marilyn Manson, underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger, painter Joe Coleman, and others such as Douglas Rushkoff, Mark Pesce, Grant Morrison, and Robert Anton Wilson.[5]
References
- ↑ "Read the small print | From". The Guardian. 2000-01-18. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- ↑ JON PARELESPublished: 21 February 2000 (2000-02-21). "Weird and Fun, Anything Goes When It's Cyberpalooza - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- ↑ "The lies are out there if you want to believe them". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 2000-01-09. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- ↑ David Pescovitz. "Wired 6.09: Live from Bedlam". Wired.com. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- ↑ "Disinformation: The Complete Series : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". Dvdtalk.com. Retrieved 2012-12-26.