The Moment of Truth
After watching this show last night I decided to pull the television cord out of the wall. Yes folks, I am banning myself from watching TV from this point on, unless it's news, and even then don't count on it being Fox13 news either. This show just proved to me how greedy people can be when they are willing to come on national television and reveal all their dirty little secrets for money. They risk losing their jobs, losing relationships, and losing respect from other people. But I'm having a hard time telling if this show is bogus. For instance, last night this guy named Brandon admitted to drunk driving, making racist jokes about his girlfriend's family, stealing money, thinking his girlfriend was boring, and even hitting on another girl. Then this question came along: "While working as an underwear model, have you ever stuffed your underwear?" He said "NO" and the computerized female voice announced "FALSE." Okay, why would he lie about that and not lie about all that other incriminating stuff? He looked absolutely shocked. I think the guy got totally ripped off, or the lie detector tests are completely inaccurate. Probably both in this case. Plus one of the contestants from last week's show (George) is an actor, not just some Joe Schmoe of the street. So is it rigged? Hard to say. Either way, this show is so evil. The audience always cheers and applauses (not sure if it's encouraged by the producers or what) when a correct answer is given. Even if that answer is "Yes, I've helped someone smuggle drugs into the country" or "Yes, I have driven while intoxicated." The audience should be booing these people off the stage. Plus, the show builds up too much suspense. The host takes way too long to ask the questions, repeats the rules too many times, and the pauses between when the answer is given and confirmation of whether or not it is true is TOO LONG. It's ridiculous. There is nothing good on television anymore. Don't know if there ever was. Even still, I have wasted so much time getting sucked into the box when I could've been doing something productive. But not anymore. Television will no longer be apart of my family's life. So, thank you, Moment of Truth, for being the straw that broke the camel's back.
1 comment:
I finally watched that show the other night and I think that it is set up. The girl admitted to having an affair, being in love with her ex-boyfriend, and being willing to leave her husband if the ex wanted to get back together. She got out on whether she thought she was a good person or not. She said yes and the voice said no. It was really stupid.
What leads me to think that it is false is, they ask the questions before the show starts, so the person knows what quesitons are going to be asked. If you know they are going to ask you if you had an affair, why go out there?
Plus with lie detectors, there is a reason they aren't allowed in court. They are not accurate. They measure different levels of activity in your body, like sweating and heart rate and breathing. I would probably be so nervous during it that everything would come out as a lie!
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