Virtuous reality producers struggling to put truth on the tube, brace yourselves: viewers may not care about accuracy as much as you think. According to an AP/TV Guide poll, 68% of respondents said it didn't matter, or only mattered a little, whether reality shows were truthful or not. Similar results were found in a Time poll, where more than half of those surveyed said accuracy was not a factor in their enjoyment of reality tv.
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