Kathleen Parker - Turning abortion into an online game show - washingtonpost.com
"Has the shark just jumped the shark?," asks Parker. Oh, it jumped it, alright - did it with a spin turn and forward flip just to show how out of control it's gotten.
Is it just me, or have reality show creators gone completely mad? "Sick" might be more the term, now that I think about it. First we get "Little Miss Per...fect" on the WE channel - a show dedicated to providing entertainment by showing the American public just how much some mothers want to vicariously live through their daughters' lives; not to mention give little girls the impression that they can achieve perfection by wearing pristine dresses and more rouge on their cheeks than Tammy Faye.
This is nowhere near about educating the public or fostering discussion on a sensitive issue: it's about ratings. Reality show producers have no business touching this issue.
Next up: "Lightning Round" - reality show dedicated to the death penalty. Go America!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
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