Reality Television....

In the past week i have been watching the drama of the Balloon Boy Hoax....for those of you who haven't heard of this here's what happened....In Fort Collins, Colorado a couple with 3 sons realised that one of their boys was missing. The father had invented a balloon which was filled with helium and the family would test it everyday and see how high it could fly. On this fateful day, they thought their son was on the balloon when it took off. The Sheriff's department undertook a massive search operation. A couple of hours later the boy was found in the attic of their home. After a series of media conferences, appearances on all the news channels the Sheriff's department began to believe that the whole thing was staged. The parents were questioned, their house was searched and finally it was confirmed that the parents had been planning this for 2 weeks.
This family had already appeared on the show 'Wife Swap' twice and were shopping around for a new reality series.
On other reality TV news....Jon deposited the $ 200,000 he had taken from his joint account with Kate. He is also filing a petition to stop filming the show as he suddenly believes that it is detrimental to his kids' development.Jon doesn't want to work in a regular job. He is going to be in a new show called Divorced Dad's Club.
The Octomom Nadya Suleman is also going to be in a reality series.
TV Networks need to have an Ethics Policy. These new age parents want to make money off their children while subjecting their children to abnormal surroundings.
Networks need to have a policy that at any given time only one Reality show can be aired or stop having reality shows altogether.
it is sad to see all these children who seem to be surrounded by cameras all the time. wonder what their future has in store for them...