Attack of the Television Talk show
"Jerry Springer." "Ricki Lake." "Jenny Jones." Today, There are more than thirty television talk shows in production. These shows are built solely on excitement, and barely resolve the complicated issues they attempt to address. Talk shows have gone from discussing simple topics like current events and celebrity gossip in the 1960’s to exposing people’s most personal problems in front of millions of viewers. Television talk shows have no other purpose than polluting televisions and corrupting the minds of viewers. The content of the daytime talk shows is repetitive. The shows either focus on raunchy sex topics like " I’m sixteen, and I’ve had more than one hundred sex partners." (Maury Povich) or ridiculous situations such as, " Make my drag queen son look like a man for just one day." Fifteen years ago, these taboo topics were kept behind closed doors. At that time, television shows discussed people in need of makeovers and inspirational stories like overcoming an illness. Today’s shows strive to push the limits. Basically the more bizarre the show the higher the ratings. According to an E! online article, by Bridget Byrne, " Foul language, overt sexual references, and violent behavior have all increased on daytim
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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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