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Mark Shea found this perfect plea to the thing that used to be the History Channel.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

That\u2019s good as far as it goes.\u00a0 Once it decides to get back to history, then it\u2019s time to actually make sure the history is right, and not something mixed with post-modern punditry and Hollywood sensationalism.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mark Shea found this perfect plea to the thing that used to be the History Channel.\u00a0 That\u2019s good as far as it goes.\u00a0 Once it decides to get back to history, then it\u2019s time to actually make sure the history is right, and not something mixed with post-modern punditry and Hollywood sensationalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe History Channel is to history what the National Enquirer is to Journalism for a reason<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mark Shea found this perfect plea to the thing that used to be the History Channel.  That's good as far as it goes.  Once it decides to get back\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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