r/Documentaries • u/CriticismExtension46 • 4d ago
Recommendation Request Recommendation Request: Non propaganda history
Hello, as the title suggests, are there any content creators who make documentaries about history and events throughout time that has only the truth in it and is as realistic as possible? i see alot of documentaries about for example Constantinople but theres always missing pieces, i want to start educating myself on the past with nothing but the truth and without false news, if someone can help me i would appreciate it, i’m stuck for now not knowing who to watch and trust about info
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u/floppy-kitty 4d ago
Historical records are baked with bias at every stage. Initial recording of events, translations, rewriting for narrative. All before a narrator adds their own emphasis, and edits have their turn, and your own ears picking and choosing the message.
Leaving something out can be a statement of "[event] had no real relevance to what we're covering", or "[event] has such obvious relevance that it'd be redundant to tell again" or "[event] is so big, we don't have the time to get into it right now"
A lot of historical research is trying to evaluate how much you can trust from any given source.