“Who’s Your Daddy?” - A bad idea for a reality show
Fox is taking a step in in sheer bad taste with a new reality show called “Who’s Your Daddy?” The show has one woman trying to pick between 8 men; one of which is her biological father.
The unnamed contestant was put up for adoption as an infant and has been searching for her father. According to producers, the father has also been searching for his daughter. If she picks correctly, she gets $100,000. If she picks incorrectly, the money goes to the imposter she selected.
The executive director of the Noth American Council on Adoptable Children, Joseph Kroll, describes the show as “repulsive”, and goes on to say it is what he “consider[s] to be abuse.” Adam Pertman, author of “Adoption Nation”, adds “it really is sort of one-stop shopping for insulting millions of people, maybe tens of millions.”
So, anything good about the show. One thing: if she picks the correct guy or not, she gets reunited with her biological father at the end of the show. Whether that comes close to cancelling out the blatent commercial exploitation is something that comes down to ethics. Personally, I find it awful. Obviously, Fox TV doesn’t.
As a quick aside, I found it somewhat odd that this story was on the CBSNews.com website. Seems they may be releasing this one to try and take some of Fox’s steam.
Source: CBS News.com - Furor Over Adoption Game Show