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I am not sure if anyone reads this but if you do, I am sure that over the last few days you will have heard all about the Big Brother saga with Jade Goody and the racist comments. Well as I was driving along today I heard about another race problem that has come on a Channel 4 show - Shipwrecked. A young girl has made racist comment. I do not believe that this girl is racist but more small minded and rather a sheltered life. I am actually straying off the point I am trying to get to. A caller made great point on Radio 1 which was 'this is reality TV and this is how some people are'.

So really the question is if people want to be so involved in reality TV do they want it to be real or do they want a censored and fluffy version? If we ask to see reality then we should expect to get reality even if it is something that will offend us or make us feel uncomfortable.

I am not a fan of this type of TV but I do think that if people want to watch it then they should expect realiness instead of a manufactored glorified lab rat test, like Big Bothered, opps Big Brother