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The "Balloon Boy" hoax spellbound the entire country Oct. 15. Everyone empathized with the situation of the supposedly floating child or the supposedly distraught parents. But the real problem was different. It was the increasingly sickening blur between reality and "reality" TV.
Skepticism about the boy in the balloon should have begun -- and coverage should have ended -- the second journalists learned that the family had made two appearances on the ABC "reality" show called "Wife Swap," where families switch mothers to dramatic effect. But maybe it was hard...
Losing "Reality"
Yeah baby Yeah! Keep me dumb and revited Mr. Reality Show Producerman, that way President Barry and his spread the wealth around bastids can force Universal Hellcare for Illegals and Death Panels for Grandma and Grandpa and anything else they can think off down my dumb Black throat. Those real housewives of Atlanta are hot, cmon on let's get real and use...