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"America Unearthed" Takes Government Money to Accuse Government of Cover-Ups

1/31/2013

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It may not seem like it some days, but I’m a journalist, not just a critic of alternative history. This means that I am interested in the story behind alternative history as much as I am the specific claims made by alternative theorists. And what I’ve found is somewhat disturbing. You’ll remember that last year I obtained documents from the National Archives about Erich von Däniken’s efforts to advise Gerald Ford during the 1976 presidential election; well, now I’ve found some interesting paperwork about H2’s highest-rated show, America Unearthed.

I’ve obtained documents from Minnesota Film and Television (MNFilmTV), a nonprofit that distributes public money and private matching funds on behalf of the state of Minnesota, which reveal that Committee Films, the production company behind America Unearthed, has accepted more than $190,000 for diffusionist documentaries accusing scientists, historians, and the government of lying about the history of America, including $112,740 for America Unearthed itself. Since MNFilmTV is a public-private partnership, 50% of that money came directly from taxpayer dollars.

Yes, you heard right: Minnesota taxpayers are funding America Unearthed.

The funding comes from the state of Minnesota’s “Snowbate” production incentive program, which rebates up to 20% of production costs for expenses incurred while shooting in Minnesota. Snowbate’s funds are distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis, and applications are not evaluated for quality or content, only to ensure a production agreement is in place. Because this involves public money, Committee Films was required to submit detailed financial reports about their productions to receive funding. These financials are now public record and play an important role in showing the (very) big money involved in telling untruths about history on television.  

Note: None of this is illegal, but it is deeply disturbing that taxpayer dollars are going to fund productions that spread untruths about American history.

Committee Films accepted $53,254.41 in 2010 as compensation for Who Really Discovered America?, a diffusionist program that ran on the History Channel. They also accepted $19,468.57 in 2009 for The Holy Grail in America, another History Channel program, this one claiming that the Knights Templar traveled to the United States in the Middle Ages.

Committee has applied for and has been approved to receive $112,740 for shooting parts of the pilot episode of America Unearthed in Minnesota. (This number is not final and may be slightly less depending on final submitted expense reports, which Committee must file by February 12 of this year.) It is one of only eight television series to have received funding from MNFilmTV. Remember, this $112,740 and the following numbers are only for the pilot episode, a single hour of television. [See here for an update on these numbers.]

The documents provide an interesting look at the production of America Unearthed. According to forms filed by Committee Films, the program had a budget of $617,000, of which nearly $200,000 was spent on payroll. Production took 60 days, and the production company claimed 25% of production occurred in Minnesota, where 91% of the budget was spent. The cast was paid $17,500, with an additional $9,500 in compensation for travel and living expenses. (This is on top of the production’s own $53,000 travel budget.) Series star Scott Wolter is listed as the only official cast member and must therefore have received most or all of that money.

Numerous other expenses are listed, many of which appear somewhat humorous to those not familiar with the costs involved in TV production, including $3,540 for hair and makeup and $7,320 for wardrobe. Those are some seriously expensive t-shirts Wolter wears. [Note: Most of the wardrobe budget probably went to the reenactments featured in the show.] By contrast, the money required to shoot on-location across America was only $7,500. Additionally, fifteen Minnesota workers, a lawyer, and an insurance company, earned tens of thousands from the production, along with another $8,000 set aside for music.

According to the production documents Committee was required to file, America Unearthed intended to explore whether Thomas Jefferson had “secret knowledge of treasures that lie west of the Mississippi when he brokered the Louisiana Purchase land deal” and whether the Grand Canyon holds “the tomb of Egyptian royalty and treasure beyond all comprehension” (emphasis in original). The program description Committee provided also claimed that “some” had “gone to great lengths to cover up” the truth about American history.

As we know from the finished series, America Unearthed implied that the United States federal government and the Minnesota state government (in the guise of the state archaeologist) were working to suppress anomalous findings.

So, in short, Committee asked for and received taxpayer dollars from Minnesota to accuse Minnesota’s government and the United States government of a conspiracy to suppress the truth about the claims Committee was using these public funds to make and broadcast.

The numbers don’t lie: There is good money to be made in presenting speculative claims about American history. And now we know exactly how much and who is getting it.



Note: I am not posting the documents here because some contain non-public contact information for production team members, banking information, and other material that should not be online. Copies of the documents, however, can be obtained from Minnesota Film and Television upon request.


[Update: I went ahead and blacked out some of the private information so I could post the project certification and the budget pages. Here they are.]
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32 Comments
Jim
1/31/2013 07:00:33 am

Very interesting article. I guess if one follows the money they must conclude that Committee Films, and likely Scott Wolter, are part of the conspiracy; although, I imagine it may be possible that Wolter is an unsuspecting pawn. Next we'll learn that NASA funded the Ancient Aliens series!

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John J. McKay link
1/31/2013 01:43:19 pm

I love it.

The government is part of a conspiracy to hide the "Truth."

The government gives tens-possibly hundreds-of thousands of dollars to people who are exposing the conspiracy.

This is either the most incompetent conspiracy in history or, as Jim says, America Unearthed s part of an even grander conspiracy to distract us from the real "truth," which is either ancient aliens or the super-secret civilization inside the hollow earth. I'm rooting for the latter.

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Jim
2/1/2013 02:24:29 am

I've always been kind of partial to subterranean lizard people.

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Thane
1/31/2013 03:48:00 pm

This just one of many state incentives provided to attract business to a state. Every state offers incentives to a wide range of industries and individual businesses.

You can argue that it's not a good investment but if the direct payments for salaries and benefits to in-state people and businesses plus the indirect benefit to ancillary companies are enough to offset (and outstrip) the investment in the form of tax rebates, it will be a hard sell.

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Jason Colavito link
1/31/2013 10:28:31 pm

I never said that the program was bad or should be discontinued. Yes, every state has such a program, but no private company is required to use it. I think I'm allowed to be upset that taxpayer dollars go to fund America Unearthed. At the very least, it exposes the hypocrisy of a TV program that accuses the government of suppressing the "truth" while accepting government funding to "reveal" that alleged "truth."

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Jack
2/1/2013 07:41:30 am

I disagree that this is hypocritical. You can argue that the means by which AU arrives at its conclusions are flawed, but taking governmental funding does not and should require the recipient to refrain from criticizing the government. If Wolter or AU criticized misuse of taxpayer dollars or pork barrel spending, then I agree that doing so while receiving government funding could be hypocritical. But merely asserting conclusions--no matter how flawed you may feel his methodology is--that are critical of the government does not make AU hypocritical. I would be concerned if we lived in a system that tied all governmental funding for the arts and creative works to this qualifier.

Jason Colavito link
2/1/2013 08:10:47 am

This isn't an argument about government funding or whether it is appropriate to take it. They specifically accused the government of suppressing the "truth" while the government is simultaneously funding their effort to report this suppressed "truth." That's what's somewhat hypocritical, not the use of the funds. (Yes, different parts of the government many not know what others are doing... etc.) I'm not arguing about whether a government media fund should exist, though I do think that it's shameful that the money is going to falsehoods. There is, however, no real way for the government to police that without picking winners and losers in free speech, which would, of course, be unfair.

More importantly, the numbers show just how big a business "alternative" history is. Do you know many actual scientists who have a $7,200 wardrobe budget?

Thane
2/1/2013 11:35:10 am

Sure, you can be upset. People get upset at all sorts of things. And if you are a citizen of that state, you can also complain to your state representatives and suggest a policy change etc.

I understand your view that it's hypocritcal of the show's producers to take advantage of government funding to critize the government but on the other hand, the state isn't imposing a litmus test and as Jack points out, that's probably a good thing that the state isn't choosing who's "truth" is the "official truth."

The state has probably reasoned that the benefit received out weighs any damage the show can do and that the lunatic fringe is not large enough to be of any real concern.

On another note, I suspect that the producers of this program aren't "true believers" and are just putting on a show they believe will sell and they can profit from. Is it unethical in light of that? Perhaps not if they just think they are doing business and taking advantage of business incentives.

Long opinion, short, I think calling it ironic would be a better choice of word then hypocritical.. as hypocrisy presumes knowledge of the produces beliefs and convictions, IMHO.

Jason Colavito link
2/1/2013 11:47:46 am

OK, I'll go with ironic. My point, though, wasn't to attack Minnesota's incentive program but rather to expose the fact that taxpayer dollars are going to support this program and to expose exactly how much money is involved in the business of alternative history. A lot of people have a very big investment in telling untruths about history, and it's important to know just how much cash is involved to understand why these false ideas keep coming back.

John J. McKay link
2/2/2013 02:11:57 pm

I think lots of scientists have a $7,200 wardrobe budget? It's just that many of them, that's their lifetime budget.

Nathan
10/9/2013 01:42:44 pm

Not sure why the program would upset you; not like the govt did not suppress the truth about most issues since the colonial war, to Vietnam Nam, to Benghazi; and blacks were not allowed to read or write until after the Civil War.

Nathan
10/9/2013 02:33:13 pm

Jason, it takes an azingly huge amount of money to do these programs, whether you agree with them or not has no relevance.

However much you have decided to expose Wolter for allowing his honorary to be passed along as reality; and he has acknowledged that error to your whole audience; you have gone too far by trying to expose his massive amounts of study on certain subjects. I would assume that you have not the funds to carry on such a project personally; however, since you have let your written tongue loose and called the topics of his program more or less a "pseudoscience" bring deception to his viewers; I therefore challenge you to take the time and money to debunk a theory that I have that is very similar to Mr Wolter's, you will be asked to fund the project entirely and I will give you ten years of my life in return, if you can debunk my theory in its entirety; and if you do not take my challenge; then you are nothing but a bigoted "Ralph Mouth" fraud thatbpret's upon the success of others like Wolter who has every right to interpret what he discovers and deciphers thru evidence; even if you and others like you disagree.

Make my day and accept my challenge, or shut up for ever because you just talk with nothing to lose but a few blog readers.

I am Nathan burgess and my email is pilotschoice@hotmail.com.

Accept my challenge online and we'll sign a contract and winner takes all!!

Even the Spanish did their best to destroy the same history; the Catholic Church, so do I have a bet?

Jason Colavito link
10/9/2013 02:36:29 pm

Sorry, but I have a policy of refusing to negotiate with those who make demands for money. You are welcome to present your theory, but you have no right to demand anyone spend money to prove you wrong; it is for you to prove that you are right.

Jack
2/1/2013 07:42:31 am

correction: "...does not and should not require..."

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Russell Burrows link
2/2/2013 08:35:36 am

I know Scott Wolter and I know him to be a liar and a crook. I also have never heard of a forensic geologist. I do know that Scott is a concrete expert which doesn't quailfy him as an archaeologist,

Russ Burrrows

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Bill
2/11/2013 06:44:28 am

Mr. Burrows,
You should spend more time learning and less time making ignorant comments. You haven't heard of something? Stop being lazy and look it up.

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Jason Colavito link
2/11/2013 06:46:24 am

Forensic geology is a new(er) discipline, and it is not related to archaeology. It refers to the use of geology for crime scene investigation. Wolter claims the title because his expertise with concrete was called upon to help solve a murder.

Johnny A.
2/11/2013 07:01:08 am

Bill, Well stated.

Russ, I find the statement potentially hypocritical due to the hazy history of the cave and it's "artifacts".

Nathan
10/9/2013 01:57:34 pm

I need a forensic expert; I would suppose any physical or chemical alterations to physical matter such as rocks could safely be identified by a trained geologist with forensics experience!! Cheers!!!

For example; I discovered a 17" trackway, human handprint, that the famous paleontologist from Colorado State suggested was either dinosaur or a fissure in the rock, cave wall, but I declare it to be human; it takes a forensic expert with an understanding of rock to make a determination of its origin; Si what is the problem with forensics???

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Nathan
10/9/2013 01:57:41 pm

I need a forensic expert; I would suppose any physical or chemical alterations to physical matter such as rocks could safely be identified by a trained geologist with forensics experience!! Cheers!!!

For example; I discovered a 17" trackway, human handprint, that the famous paleontologist from Colorado State suggested was either dinosaur or a fissure in the rock, cave wall, but I declare it to be human; it takes a forensic expert with an understanding of rock to make a determination of its origin; Si what is the problem with forensics???

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2/2/2013 08:38:43 am

As a television producer with over 20 years in the business I can tell you that your numbers are wrong. For instance, History Channel pays $250,000 for a two-hour special such as "Who Really Discovered America?" The producer of the History Channel's Bamazon says on her website the show has a $1.2 million dollar budget....that's for 13 episodes a year. Since 'America Unearthed' airs on H2, not the History Channel, it will clearly have a much lower budget than Bamazon. Thus most likely the $617,000 dollars was not for the pilot episode but more likely for the entire series. It would make sense that the budget for a show on H2 would be half as much as the budget for a series on History Channel. Usually History Channel only buys 8 episodes of a new series and sees how the ratings go and then if its popular they buy a full 13-episode series. So if you divide $617,000 by 8 you would get $77,125 per episode. That sounds about right for this type of show.

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Jason Colavito link
2/2/2013 08:56:55 am

I completely understand that, but the forms they filed out specified that this was for the "television pilot" and they claimed a budget of $617,000. They may well have used the money for the first 8 episodes, but it's not what the forms state. The application form claims that they were shooting a "television pilot" with "60 work days" with a budget of $617,000.

To be fair, there is no separate category on the form for "television series" (only pilot) so perhaps the full 8 episodes were counted together as comprising the "pilot"?

At any rate, I will add a note to the blog post to note this information.

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Jason Colavito link
2/2/2013 09:18:53 am

I checked again with Snowbate, and their guidelines specifically limit applications to TV pilots; I've never heard of 8 episodes being considered a single pilot, but for government purposes I imagine definitions can get pretty elastic.

I posted partially redacted versions of the application and budget so everyone can draw his or her own conclusions.

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Coridan Miller
2/3/2013 03:09:21 am

My guess is with all the flying to England for three minutes of footage that in reality everything was shot all at once. The 600k for the series sounds right.

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Mary Andersen
2/3/2013 02:34:13 pm

I live in Minnesota and I support the snowbate. We need more TV shows and movies filmed here. I AM THRILLED that "America Unearthed" is partially filmed in Minnesota and that its production team and host are from Minnesota. This is a great point of pride for our state and I'm proud as a Minnesota taxpayer (I just paid my 2012 taxes, BTW) to support this show 100 percent!

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Jason
2/10/2013 05:00:36 pm

So what. Free speech. Perhaps there might be alternative ways to look at history.

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cora
3/3/2013 08:31:25 am

Russ Burrows. There's a name not seen in a while. I guess we will NOT being seeing Burrows Cave on America Unearthed.

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terry the censor
3/19/2013 06:34:51 pm

Hey, Jason, <i>Alternate Perceptions</i> magazine has linked to this post. Nice of people to notice you. But the title on their link is:

“America Unearthed”—are skeptics jealous because taxpayers fund part of a show that exposes skeptics?

Wow!

The link is currently listed on the home page plus at this permanent link:

http://apmagazine.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=351&Itemid=53

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Jason Colavito link
3/20/2013 03:23:25 am

Thanks for sharing the link. Isn't that lovely? Alternative types are always quick to assume everyone is motivated by emotion, perhaps because that is how they operate themselves.

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sad reader
3/26/2013 12:26:13 am

if you dont like it, then become a politician and make a difference. I would like to use the slang lol here as you will never amount to anything in your life

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Tay
4/16/2013 04:30:25 pm

What Scott is doing is putting up a great deal of ideas and possibilities about the history of this continent for us to ponder and evaluate. He is plain about stating that they are his beliefs and not demanding that the viewer accept them as the truth. I think for myself, so I have enjoyed the show immensely. I was never one for being a sheep and accepting all the trash you are taught in school.

I can't recall the last time I needed to know the day that george washington crossed the river, to do my job or drive my car, or anything else. Useless dreck.

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Soltan Gris
2/3/2016 08:29:17 pm

Jason, I always love reading your reviews. I still watch the conspiracy shows, but I love watching them along with your reviews so I know what to roll my eyes at. I'll read your reviews to get an idea of what to look up so that the next time some conspiracy freak tries to tell me a line of poppycock, I have a comeback.

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