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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Reality TV" claims another victim
The first link I posted did not work
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57577305/buckwild-star-shain-gandee-found-dead/
Way too young. My thoughts are with his family.
zappaman
(20,605 posts)What did "reality TV" have to do with his death?
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)You don't think the attention and $$ didn't encouraged these young people to behave recklessly?
zappaman
(20,605 posts)People die every hour from reckless behavior and most aren't on TV.
So no, I find you connecting this death to being on reality TV, tenuous at best.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)in a culture that engages in celebrity worship, these kids were used and spit out by MTV/Viacom
zappaman
(20,605 posts)Were they filming?
No?
Nice try though.
I can't stand "reality TV", but this has nothing to do with his show.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)The show is still on the air. Seems to me they gave him money and fame which he would still have if those boys hadn't rolled the truck.
randome
(34,845 posts)UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)zappaman
(20,605 posts)This one...
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)Even among young men and women who have never been in front of a TV camera. It's sad, but I don't think reality TV is to blame.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)When I was in high school, just listening to some of the stories my classmates would tell about their weekend misadventures could make my hair stand on end
liberalhistorian
(20,809 posts)choice to engage in the reckless actions. A tv show did not force them to do so, or put them under hypnosis and guide their actions. THEY made the specific CHOICE themselves. It's on them.
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)I can tell you with complete honesty, that's normal bullshit that people do there. Reality TV has fuck all to do with it.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,146 posts)And I notice the '$$' you mention bought them a 1984 Ford Bronco. Is that really living the high life courtesy of MTV?
Safetykitten
(5,162 posts)frogmarch
(12,144 posts)I don't understand.
randome
(34,845 posts)Reality TV kills us all a little bit every day.
zappaman
(20,605 posts)davidn3600
(6,342 posts)Amazing how few people are aware of that danger.
If your exhaust system is leaking or plugged up, it can be very dangerous.