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[scottobear]

while procrastinating on my short story, and shaking from being on the upswing from drinking company coffee. (about a pot or so...) I surf while waiting for data to arrive.

This is messed up. http://www.msnbc.com/news/475364.asp

here's the blurb -

Who wants to get a divorce on national television and win $100,000? Interested? Then hook up with Fox. The television network that brought you “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?” — apparently learning little from that experience — now wants to make divorce entertainment for the masses, with marital assets as prizes.

end blurb.

How totally wrong is that?

I support the right to show anything on tv to adults... but I know I'm not going to bother with a show that rewards people for ending marriage on tv. F'-ed up, that is.

What's next? Reality TV, where you get paid points for catching your spouse in varying states of infidelity? "Woo! Bob got a hooker! Looks like His wife will get $1000 for that one!" "That nearly makes up for Mary giving the children ether so she can run off with the babysitter" Blow by blow coverage by sports guys? [hm. no pun intended]

Can focusing on a sad thing (which I imagine divorce is, more often than not) and paying for it be a good idea? Am I over-reacting in my current addled state?

Comments

[lique.livejournal.com]

One word ::: eeeeewwwwwwwwwww.

[tillytollo.livejournal.com]

you are not overreacting. your point is completely valid. i'm so sick of Real TV cashing in on other's pain and suffering. But that is what 80% of the media is about in this country.

I blame Barbara Walters because I hate her.

Re:

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

the thing that makes me a little confused is how much 'real' tv is scripted. bah-humbug, says I.

why bW? because of the view?

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[tillytollo.livejournal.com]

not because of the view. because of the way she interviews. i was watching a segment last night where she was interviewing that white guy that killed that little black girl in Nevada. she asks these prodding, "gentle" questions, only to get an emotional response from her audience and the person she is interviewing. if she doesn't feel the answer is emotion-drenched enough, she prods until she gets what she wants. she draws out pain for the whole world to see. it makes me ill. she acts all caring and sensitive, but she doesn't really give a crap about the people she is talking to. she just wants ratings. the public eats that shit up. they want to see the pain, the sorrow, the regret that these people feel. i'm sick of it. it's not right.

i know she isn't the only one to behave in this disgusting manner, but she's fresh in my mind. i can't stand her.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I hear you. I've not seen her interviews in a long time... but I believe you.

Whoooooooaaaaaaaaa!

[destroll.livejournal.com]

Man at this rate it wont be long before FOX runs out of dumb ideas and heads for truely insane progamming.

Re: Divorce TV

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

gotcha. I hope the show tanks as badly as millionaire