I would have been okay if they just hinted at it, but outright saying it like that was just sort of poor plot management. But, hey, it was kind of a creative concept I guess. Pretending it was a History Channel pilot was better than some of the other ways they could have done it (e-mail, mysterious text document, etc.)
From what I learned from that, most of it was already explained in the blog, and the Collective Knowledge.
Still watching though.
Edited:
Alright, so most of that was already explained, save for the last bit.