The deceptions behind 'reality' television shows

A lot of discussion has revolved around the craze for “reality television” shows, most of the same, tired digested talk about how Americans view themselves in a perpetually competitive environment, where individuals must fend for themselves and must be pitted against equally driven and sometimes noxious peers. These recreated worlds of alliance and rejection, where contestants eat cockroaches for a half a million, or fight over Mr. Right in a Jacuzzi with six other girls, are no doubt addictive