Perhaps its na?vet?, but not until Extreme Makeover: Home Edition did I realize how unreal "reality" television actually is.
The television show really was a show and the designers nothing more than actors. Although I'm a reporter, I prefer to refer to myself as a truth-teller and the truth must be told about television, especially so-called reality television.
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