I came across this a couple of days ago.

Here's hoping that it spreads and the new legal responsibilities and additional costs kill the whole "reality" genre (which is partly popular with programme makers precisely because all it requires at its heart is a camera, rather than any kind of exorbitant salary for the so-called talent) before this gets widespread.

I have a Masters. I've worked hard to get where I am, as I expect the people reading this have.

As much as there's a Bedlam mentality to watching this sort of thing as far as I'm concerned and the people concerned're deliberately screened to be the most excruciating possible, I long since got tired of this obssession with celebrating mediocritry that means that any dysfunctional twonk who doesn't know where "East Angular" is can coin in mega-money if they act like a big enough prat in front of a camera crew.

I'm tired enough of kids saying that they just "want to be famous" when asked what they want to do when they grow up, or thinking that wanting "to be like Jodie Marsh" is a job, let alone an aspiration. Let's not give these people something to sweeten their sponsorship deals and make a career out of it.