What do 24, Dora the Explorer, and General Hospital share?
After reading this article about Dr. Phil, I was just sad. I admit I used to watch him as well as Oprah. I don't recall what stopped me; it might have been Rachel's arrival, or the commercials for Maury during Phil, or I may have just figured I had better things to do with my time. Or a combination of all three?
A friend once told me she didn't watch any talk shows. I tried to defend Oprah and Dr. Phil as intelligent, but her reasoning was simple: it's all people airing their dirty laundry for attention, regardless of who's doing the interviewing.
Yep. Psst, Diane--you were right.
I guess I'd rather watch something I know is fake and isn't pretending otherwise, than something purported to be real and offer honest debate and only to find out it's all a put-on.
There's no such thing as reality TV.
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I somehow think that The Homeschool Legal Defense Association got involved when this information leaked. The show that ended up being aired was this...
http://drphil.com/articles/article/491/
Probably thanks to this...
http://www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200510/200510180.asp
Thank God we have fighters on our side. :-)
However, the damage is done. I won't hold his opinion with much regard from here on out.
What he did is the equivalent of quote-mining, a favorite activity of anyone with an agenda. I hope word gets out broadly about this and related incidents so people will just say no when talk show producers come sniffing around!
As far as I can tell, Dr. Phil's only value is in providing material for Michael McDonald on MadTV.
[I will admit a sick fascination with those episodes of Maury where he brings in a dozen glamorously dressed men and women and you have to guess their genders] :P
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