CRR "class related response"

In class yesterday my group and I were all assigned an article to read and answer questions on. All of the articles that we had were based on the same topic. The topic was based on secrets that producers won't tell the public on what they were doing to reality TV. They explain how there is no script, but they have writers who craft plot lines twisting and tweaking footage to create conflict and shape a story out. Also, they explain about how cheap they are; they are always trying to get as much talent as possible while spending as little money as possible. They explain how they are the "masters" of manipulation. They often take different clips and edit them together to sound like one conversation, sometimes drastically changing the meaning. They also lie about how long the job will take them.

I feel like this is not good for society because were watching something that's basically fake when we’re thinking it’s real. At the same time, it shows how easily manipulated the public can be towards reality TV.  Now that I've read this article I know what to expect out of reality TV shows so, I most likely will stop watching them.  What confuses me about this topic is why do producers have to lie to us in the first place? I understand there can be a few edits of course, but why lie and switch stories around to have a conflict start? I feel like this fake conflict that they are trying to appeal to us is destroying society because it makes the public more aggressive than what they already are. Young kids killing each other, bullying etc…There is already a lot going on; we don’t need a reality TV show to make things worse than what it is.