A producer was quoted as saying, “We’re drowning in a tidal wave of vets with arms up cow’s bums.” There is an explosion of real people, real jobs and real life on television. Is this always a good thing? In the past you may have needed a celebrity to make a television program— now ordinary people make great drama. All you need is to be ordinary enough and you could be on television. Open your door and the camera could film you picking your nose... How is the focus on ordinary people useful and how may it be destructive?
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