Column: Reality TV exposes parents exploiting kids
USA Today (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... rebellious behavior."When you're on national TV, that history is going to follow you around," says Jeffrey McCall, a professor of media studies at DePauw University.Though TLC's Jon & Kate Plus 8 was investigated last summer for possibly violating child labor laws, the network claims to comply with state laws. Reality programs are not obliged to follow the same regulations of scripted...