What a shame. What a real shame. This little one-hour documentary on the assassination of JFK started out good, but devolved into complete conjecture, and a total disregard of actual facts -- all to support the Warren Commission's "single assassin" sham.
Here's a few things blatantly wrong, and the Discovery Channel that made this faux doc should be ashamed of themselves.
1) They point out and show the 4 locations that a second assassin could have fired on JFK from, and then perhaps reasonably discount 2 of them, given shots would have gone through the windshield, and that didn't happen. The other 2 locations are the northern part of the grassy knoll, and then behind the stockade fence (also on the grassy knoll).
They then set up with car and dummies, and fire on them from ONLY ONE of the 2 grassy knoll locations, the "stockade fence" location. (Not at Dealey Plaza but a remote location, from similar distance and angle.) They show that the way the bullet would have hit JFK, it would have hit Jackie too. OK, that's certainly possible. But then WHY don't they test from the other grassy knoll location?? Which provided an angle such that any shots would not go through the windshield first, and any shots would not also hit Jackie.
Unfortunately, this show and the producers had an agenda, and that agenda was not the truth. To decide to not test from the ONE location they should have, is ludicrous.
That's the biggest problem with this show. But there's more.
2) They then take shots from distance and angle of the Book Depository, and try to match them up with blood splatter from the Zapruder film (at frame 313). But since they say that shot (at frame 313) hit Kennedy in the side of his head, they do NOT address the fact that Kennedy had a huge hole in the back of his head after all shots had been fired. They don't even address this in the show. If he was hit on the side of his head, from the Book Depository as they claim, how did a chunk of the back of Kennedy's head come out? It did NOT on the first shot. We know that, because we can see that didn't happen in the Zapruder film. That chunk comes out after frame 313. Major discrepancy here.
3) They also, with their test shots, attempt to show that the pattern of brain matter splatter in the car matches the eyewitness account of an 18 year old at the time, who apparently saw the inside of the car. WHAT?? You're going to tell me, that 45 years after the fact, some old guy now is going to view a photograph of fake brain matter splatter -- from this show's test shot from the Book Depository -- and that it matches his memory of nearly a half-century ago?? This is ludicrous! Memory is fallible. Even over horrific events. There is enormous memory research that shows that memories not only fade, but also CHANGE over time. Yet this show is going to rest their case on how fake brain matter inside a dummy splatters in a car after being hit by a bullet. A for effort, F for results and conclusion.
4) Lastly, this show NEVER addresses the fact that some of the best sniper experts in the world could not fire 3 accurate shots from the same rifle that Lee Harvey Oswald used, in the time that was necessary to get 3 shots off. And there have been tests for this. No sniper experts could do it, and in fact, no one in the world has ever been able to duplicate what a non-sniper (Oswald) supposedly did. This show refused to even address this fact.
This show was ridiculous, and a total piece of sh*t. Discovery Channel, you should know better.
Here's a few things blatantly wrong, and the Discovery Channel that made this faux doc should be ashamed of themselves.
1) They point out and show the 4 locations that a second assassin could have fired on JFK from, and then perhaps reasonably discount 2 of them, given shots would have gone through the windshield, and that didn't happen. The other 2 locations are the northern part of the grassy knoll, and then behind the stockade fence (also on the grassy knoll).
They then set up with car and dummies, and fire on them from ONLY ONE of the 2 grassy knoll locations, the "stockade fence" location. (Not at Dealey Plaza but a remote location, from similar distance and angle.) They show that the way the bullet would have hit JFK, it would have hit Jackie too. OK, that's certainly possible. But then WHY don't they test from the other grassy knoll location?? Which provided an angle such that any shots would not go through the windshield first, and any shots would not also hit Jackie.
Unfortunately, this show and the producers had an agenda, and that agenda was not the truth. To decide to not test from the ONE location they should have, is ludicrous.
That's the biggest problem with this show. But there's more.
2) They then take shots from distance and angle of the Book Depository, and try to match them up with blood splatter from the Zapruder film (at frame 313). But since they say that shot (at frame 313) hit Kennedy in the side of his head, they do NOT address the fact that Kennedy had a huge hole in the back of his head after all shots had been fired. They don't even address this in the show. If he was hit on the side of his head, from the Book Depository as they claim, how did a chunk of the back of Kennedy's head come out? It did NOT on the first shot. We know that, because we can see that didn't happen in the Zapruder film. That chunk comes out after frame 313. Major discrepancy here.
3) They also, with their test shots, attempt to show that the pattern of brain matter splatter in the car matches the eyewitness account of an 18 year old at the time, who apparently saw the inside of the car. WHAT?? You're going to tell me, that 45 years after the fact, some old guy now is going to view a photograph of fake brain matter splatter -- from this show's test shot from the Book Depository -- and that it matches his memory of nearly a half-century ago?? This is ludicrous! Memory is fallible. Even over horrific events. There is enormous memory research that shows that memories not only fade, but also CHANGE over time. Yet this show is going to rest their case on how fake brain matter inside a dummy splatters in a car after being hit by a bullet. A for effort, F for results and conclusion.
4) Lastly, this show NEVER addresses the fact that some of the best sniper experts in the world could not fire 3 accurate shots from the same rifle that Lee Harvey Oswald used, in the time that was necessary to get 3 shots off. And there have been tests for this. No sniper experts could do it, and in fact, no one in the world has ever been able to duplicate what a non-sniper (Oswald) supposedly did. This show refused to even address this fact.
This show was ridiculous, and a total piece of sh*t. Discovery Channel, you should know better.
