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[edit] September 25th, 2007: "Edited" episodes air
The Discovery channel has begun showing "edited" episodes of the series, containing a disclaimer, removing scenes, and having the voiceover indicate fakery. More on that in our edited show revelations section.
[edit] September 4th, 2007: New Season Updates
According to Edward on his blog, it appears that the show is continuing on with its new season. The show is increasing in length from 1 hour to 2 hours in order to accomodate the transparency that the Discovery Channel promised. Bear now stresses that the show is about "extreme" survival, rather than ordinary survival. [1]
[edit] August 12th, 2007: Yet Another Expose
The Daily Mail keeps on going in its series of exposes about the show. This time, it turns out that the Kilauea lava was coals that were brought in and the "deadly gas" was smoke from a smoke machine.[2]
[edit] August 4th, 2007: BearWiki in the News
The BearWiki was quoted as a resource for research regarding the deceptive practices on MvW. [3]
[edit] July 30th, 2007: New Expose
This one is rich. They used a guy in a bear suit in the Rockies because they couldn't find a tame bear, the entire show is based on a script, the snake bear "kills" was found dead on the side of a road, the badger that bear cooks was a steak inside a badger skin, and the parachute-tree scene was staged.[4]
[edit] July 29th, 2007: Episodes pulled
The episodes from Season 1 & 2 seem to have been pulled, apparently to allow them to be edited to be more "transparent" (i.e. less deceptive and inaccurate). All MvW merchandise, including DVDs has been pulled as well.
It will be interesting to see what changes the editors will make.
