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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

ABC's 'Extreme' exploitation

Read this article recently. For those of you too lazy to follow the link, it's about the reality show "Extreme Makeover:Home Edition" on ABC. To quote the article:

"Families featured on the program have their often ramshackle homes renovated for free by a platoon headed by handyman/heartthrob Ty Pennington."

The article cites an internal memo from one of the show's executives that compiles a wish-list of ailing people for the upcoming season. I encourage you to read it as it is guaranteed to produce a strong response.

After a minute of feeling outraged, I started wondering if it is justified. It was always a commercial venture. There are bound to be such internal communications. The inevitability of the situation, in my case, mitigated the outrage.

This article also has a strong connection with one earlier article on whether the motivation for an action must be separated from the act to judge it.

Post in your comments on this one, preferably 5 mins after reading the article :)