In name only though. And even then, only slightly.
The’ and ‘channel’ are History for network
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Make that History. The cable network quietly dropped “the” and “channel” from its name recently, claiming History for itself.
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Once dubbed “The Hitler Channel” for all of its World War II documentaries, History has switched to a more “immersive” style that tries to show rather than tell, she said. Adventure-seeking is in. Sitting in an armchair telling war stories is out.
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Anyway, it just doesn't sound right in conversation. How do you refer to it without mentioning it's a channel?
This prof says it for me...
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“It’s not exactly history, is it?” said Sean Wilentz, award-winning history professor at Princeton University.
“Anybody who thinks that there’s only one place to go for history is badly mistaken,” Wilentz said. “Why are they doing that? I don’t know. Especially at a time they are moving away from history? I don’t get it.”
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Now; can we get an article where they ask that of the History channel executives?