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That documentary about the Staffordshire Hoard got one detail totally wrong
I was watching a show on PBS last night and the narrator said the hoard was probably buried by a single warrior running from a battle. But I read the actual excavation report from 2009 and they found traces of multiple burial events spread over years. Why do TV docs always simplify things into a dramatic story instead of just telling us what the dirt actually says?
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emmag223d ago
My brain does that same thing too - I'll tell someone a story and accidentally turn three boring facts into one neat little drama before I even realize what I've done. It's like my memory has a built-in documentary narrator that won't shut up about lone warriors when the real action is just dirt layers being patient. At least when I oversimplify, nobody's getting misled about ancient treasure, just my grocery store run getting turned into a harrowing quest for the last bag of tortilla chips.
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williamm823d ago
I mean hang on @blair597 is it really that deep or are we just overthinking how people tell stories
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Yeah, that's frustrating. It's like they can't just let the evidence speak for itself, they have to jam it into some Hollywood plot. I see this all the time with news stories too, especially about local stuff. They'll simplify a complicated zoning board meeting or a school board decision into a simple "good guy vs. bad guy" story because it's easier to sell. The actual truth is usually a messy pile of boring details, and that doesn't get ratings. People seem to want a clean story more than an accurate one, even if it means they're being misled. It's a shame, because the real story about the hoard being buried in pieces over time is way more interesting than some lone warrior fantasy.
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