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3 Opinion What is false reality but an extension of the truth? Reality television may be far-fetched but it still contains characteristics of true reality. Depicting reality television as overrated is an overstatement in itself. A tad exaggerated at best, television accommodates its viewers. If the programs aired today were so redundant and overdone, why would 74% of Americans choose to spend their time viewing them? Had these shows not evolved to their current standards, viewers would have sunk into their cushions, grimacing at the 50 th re-run of “Family Matters.” Our society has progressed into a glamorized disaster. We glorify other’s misery and hardships in the thought that we, ourselves, are not enduring the Reality television is a disgrace to the viewing public, and the viewing public is sadly influenced by it everyday. Reality is men and women who work hard at their jobs everyday. Reality is soldiers at war in Afghanistan, fighting and killing the enemy for their country. Reality is coming of age and growing up and learning that not everything in the world has a happy ending. Reality is not singing in front of judges to become the next “American Idol”. Reality is not trying to find love in four months, with millions of people watching your every flirtatious date. Reality is not fighting to be Donald Trump’s next poor slave, or trying to win money by surviving months in some desolate area with cameramen all around you competing in random competitions. The average American watches 6 hours and 47 minutes a day of television. Probably about 2 hours of that is “Reality TV”. If you want to view real reality, watch your parents work, or watch mom make you dinner, or watch your sister do her homework. Ok; bad examples, but seriously, in real life we don’t get to edit what happens to us; we cant experience an entire week in one hour, but apparently that’s possible on “Reality TV”. “Reality TV” is fake, the Halloween mask that hides the face of reality. adversities others are put through. Take shows like “Survivor”: A large handful of money-hungry, good-looking hopefuls are dumped on a so- called “deserted” island and forced to compete in rigorous competitions for small sums of money. The general public amuse themselves with such barbaric characters yet few realize that they too would act like maniacs if it involved a cash prize in the end. Reality television ultimately succeeds in illustrating the harsh underlying reality of our culture. It may seem to glorify society’s eagerness to make fools of themselves, but in the end, it just proves that that is what we have become. JACK: JILL: The Justin Bieber phenomenon is rampid and out of control among teenage girls in America. Girls as young as Madeline Lopez EDITOR toddlers create unhealthy obsessions with Justin Bieber. I came in contact with a YouTube video that films a little girl sobbing to her sister and mother about her undying love for Justin Bieber. The three- year old continuously cried, “I know he loves me back!” While I saw the humor in the video, ultimately, I came to the sad reality that this little girl was truly obsessed with Justin Bieber. The 17-year old celeb is fed up with overzealous fans. He publically expressed his irritation by requesting that fans stop screaming at the top of their lungs and begging for pictures, especially while he is dining. “How would you like it if I came to your house and started taking pictures of you while you were eating? I hate that,” Bieber said in an interview. This issue is more than just screaming girls. I believe that it says something about the character of Americaʼs youth if we can so easily loose sanity to get the attention of a Hollywood star. The Justin Bieber phenomenon is out of control. Bieber fans gone wild.
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3Opinion What is false reality but an extension of the truth? Reality television may be far-fetched but it still contains characteristics of true reality. Depicting reality television as overrated is an overstatement in itself. A tad exaggerated at best, television accommodates its viewers. If the programs aired today were so redundant and overdone, why would 74% of Americans choose to spend their time viewing them? Had these shows not evolved to their current standards, viewers would have sunk into their cushions, grimacing at the 50th re-run of “Family Matters.” Our society has progressed into a glamorized disaster. We glorify other’s misery and hardships in the thought that we, ourselves, are not enduring the
Reality television is a disgrace to the viewing public, and the viewing public is sadly influenced by it everyday. Reality is men and women who work hard at their jobs everyday. Reality is soldiers at war in Afghanistan, fighting and killing the enemy for their country. Reality is coming of age and growing up and learning that not everything in the world has a happy ending. Reality is not singing in front of judges to become the next “American Idol”. Reality is not trying to find love in four months, with millions of people watching your every flirtatious date. Reality is not fighting to be Donald Trump’s next poor slave, or trying to win money by surviving months in some desolate area with cameramen all around you competing in random competitions.
The average American watches 6 hours and 47 minutes a day of television. Probably about 2 hours of that is “Reality TV”. If you want to view real reality, watch your parents work, or watch mom make you dinner, or watch your sister do her homework. Ok; bad examples, but seriously, in real life we don’t get to edit what happens to us; we cant experience an entire week in one hour, but apparently that’s possible on “Reality TV”. “Reality TV” is fake, the Halloween mask that hides the face of reality.
adversities others are put through. Take shows like “Survivor”: A large handful of money-hungry, good-looking hopefuls are dumped on a so-called “deserted” island and forced to compete in rigorous competitions for small sums of money. The general public amuse themselves with such barbaric characters yet few realize that they too would act like maniacs if it involved a cash prize in the end. Reality television ultimately succeeds in illustrating the harsh underlying reality of our culture. It may seem to glorify society’s eagerness to make fools of themselves, but in the end, it just proves that that is what we have become.
JACK: JILL:
The Justin Bieber phenomenon is rampid and out of control among teenage girls in America. Girls as young as
Madeline LopezEDITOR
toddlers create unhealthy obsessions with Justin Bieber. I came in contact with a YouTube video that films a little girl sobbing to her sister and mother about her undying love for Justin Bieber. The three-year old continuously cried, “I know he loves me back!” While I saw the humor in the video, ultimately, I came to the sad reality
that this little girl was truly obsessed with Justin Bieber. The 17-year old celeb is fed up with overzealous fans. He publically expressed his irritation by requesting that fans stop screaming at the top of their lungs and begging for pictures, especially while he is dining. “How would you
like it if I came to your house and started taking pictures of you while you were eating? I hate that,” Bieber said in an interview. This issue is more than just screaming girls. I believe that it says something about the character of Americaʼs youth if we can so easily loose sanity to get the attention of a Hollywood star.
The Justin Bieber phenomenon is out of control.
Bieber fans gone wild.
