Reality TV is vulgar and shoddy. By creating pseudo-celebrities it contributes to the debasement of popular taste.
It is often cruel, exposing the participants to gross humiliation for our amusement. This makes it the modern equivalent of going to laugh at the lunatics in Bedlam. The present row over racism on Big Brother shows how nasty it can be.
It exploits the vulnerable, and has been condemned by the Mental Health Foundation for doing so.
Popularity should not be the ultimate test of what is permissible. Public executions used to be popular and still are in some countries.
It is nonsense to say that broadcasters shouldn't set standards or be obliged to adhere to codes of behaviour. We don't for instance allow them to promote racism or sectarianism or to incite violence. Reality TV is debasing and should be strictly controlled, if not banned altogether.
I don't speak any foreign language but I am learning English now. When Paul were using our computer yesterday evening, we were playing in the living-room. Have you met your friend this week? – No, I haven't seen him this week. I met him last week. Murray made a lot of mistakes when he was doing his homework. I don't have to pack my bag because my wife has done it for me before. We had already built this plant by the end of 1997. Can you confirm the dates, please? - I have already done it! Cigarettes are sold in supermarkets. Carelessness often causes mistakes. Mistakes are often caused by carelessness.
Some money was spent for flowers to decorate the hall before the conference (For what purpose)
It is often cruel, exposing the participants to gross humiliation for our amusement. This makes it the modern equivalent of going to laugh at the lunatics in Bedlam. The present row over racism on Big Brother shows how nasty it can be.
It exploits the vulnerable, and has been condemned by the Mental Health Foundation for doing so.
Popularity should not be the ultimate test of what is permissible. Public executions used to be popular and still are in some countries.
It is nonsense to say that broadcasters shouldn't set standards or be obliged to adhere to codes of behaviour. We don't for instance allow them to promote racism or sectarianism or to incite violence. Reality TV is debasing and should be strictly controlled, if not banned altogether.
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When Paul were using our computer yesterday evening, we were playing in the living-room.
Have you met your friend this week? – No, I haven't seen him this week. I met him last week.
Murray made a lot of mistakes when he was doing his homework.
I don't have to pack my bag because my wife has done it for me before.
We had already built this plant by the end of 1997.
Can you confirm the dates, please? - I have already done it!
Cigarettes are sold in supermarkets.
Carelessness often causes mistakes.
Mistakes are often caused by carelessness.
Some money was spent for flowers to decorate the hall before the conference (For what purpose)
For what purpose was some money spent?