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Reality Television Isn't Reality Television.
It's usually fake. It's dishonest to call it reality television.
 Specter87  14 Oct 2008 03:08
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Too true. Last time I checked it wasn't reality when a bunch of completely random people live in a house and complete challenges for food, or a bunch od celebrities decide one day:
'I know, lets all get together and live in the jungle for a while and eat kangaroo testicles.' Urgh, it just sickens me how people can even watch that rubbish, let alone people air it on TV.
 
 Tromanator  14 Nov 2008 11:41
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I don't even know how they came up with that name. Marketing, huh? :-|
 
 ur_wrong  14 Oct 2008 23:31
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The only reality television is bloopers on live TV. Next to that, news and sports barely qualify, and edited "reality TV" isn't reality at all.
 
 K9  14 Oct 2008 17:58
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Yeah I agree, I had a debate post similar to this a month or two back.

What makes me laugh is the amazing multiple camera and sound shots they somehow get because either a) they completely staged some of the scenes, or b) they covered every 5 feet of the set with camera and mics and somehow these reality contestants utterly forgot anything and everything is being recorded and thus make royal fools of themselves on film.

Also, they clearly cast these shows with extreme stereotypes of humans. Most of them won't let you on unless you're an egomaniacal weirdo.

And also, they usually don't disclose any payments the contestants get just for appearing on the show regardless of whether or not they win. The Moment of Truth, for example, almost certainly pays those suckers, so when they say they lose everything for a false answer it's not really true, they still have money in the bank.
 
 Grenache  14 Oct 2008 16:40
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Lies on television! Shocking.
The only reality on reality television is that it is really really bad.
 
 finsch  14 Oct 2008 04:46
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 Very true. I don't know why people watch them. The only reality show I like is Jon and Kate plus 8. Those kids are hilarious.
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