With perfect timing, the day after the outrage over a Dutch 'reality' show offering contestants the chance to win a kidney, Big Brother 28 (it may not be that many, it might just seem like it) starts. While the kidney programme has prompted plenty of (justifiable) outrage the start of another BB hasn't. Alright, so it might not be making entertainment out of the desparation of transplant patients but it does take a whole bunch of people ill-prepared for but desparate to have the public spotlight and exploits them ruthlessly before spitting them out at the other end to become tabloid fodder. I know, no-one forces anyone to take part etc and I'm normally the kind of person who says people like Jade Goody get what they deserve but every year BB becomes a slightly more grotesque spectacle and i think that's just a bit sad. And its crap telly.
Update: Hurrah, i'm not alone. There is a like-minded soul at the Speccy.
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