THAT old adage about any publicity being good publicity is being sorely tested by reality televisions latest format, Kid Nation.
Before its premiere on CBS on Wednesday night, Kid Nation was already suspected of breaching child labour laws and rules for children’s safety and welfare.
That was before the Washington Posts Howard Kurtz unloaded with his assessment […]

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CBS Says No Laws Broken Over Kids’ Reality Show
The ads promoting “Kid Nation,” a reality show coming to CBS, extol the incredible experience of a group of 40 children, ages 8 to 15, who built a sort of idealistic society in a New Mexico ghost town, free of adults.

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First-place CBS already had ratings, stars and lucrative franchises. That’s why this season the Tiffany network actively pursued the one thing it didn’t have: buzz.

But if it was pursuing the ‘Did you see Sanjaya’s ‘do’?’ or ‘Ooh, McDreamy!’ kind of water cooler buzz that’s not what it got. Instead, the net’s latest reality fare, […]

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