#shark week kind of just exists to be sensationalist clickbait tv and sharks have bad enough pr as it is

[knowlesian]

“Discovery Channel’s ‘Shark Week’ Is Packed With Misinformation and Junk Science

Scientists watched 202 episodes and found them filled with unreliable information and white male experts named ‘Mike’”

i want to buy whoever wrote this headline for the smithsonian magazine a drink

#they are right and they should say it #lowkey catty and deeply accurate: the sweet spot #also yeah i know i know “but shark week is fun” 1: i would argue no it’s not and it hasn’t been for ages 2: sharks are cool as fuck #shark week kind of just exists to be sensationalist clickbait tv and sharks have bad enough pr as it is