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the POINT is that everyone believes stuff that they see on television - whether its a murder investigation on the news or a silly commercial that makes people ACTUALLY think they can lose 2 dress sizes in 48 hours by drinking "magic juice".
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my point was that even if you believe something at first, if you actually GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT later on, you'll realize that it isn't actually true. This isn't PBS or CNN or anybody with a smidgen of credibility. It's freakin' MTV. If someone is dumb enough to take a music video network's word as gospel, that's their problem, not yours.
Come on people, PNMs aren't as dumb and gullible as you're making them out to be. They know that "The Real World" is anything but. They know that MTV likes things with shock value. They know that the average student's life is mostly pretty boring. They know that MTV would not air a show about a group of people -
ANY group of people - getting along and contributing to the community. MTV doesn't like shiny, happy, friendly stuff. They like slap fights and freak dancing.
The type of people who believe that this show is an accurate representation of ANYTHING probably think that "Animal House" is a documentary.
I don't think that this show is going to decimate recruitment numbers. The people who are going to use this show as proof of negative stereotypes are not the type of people who would want to rush.