{"id":612618,"date":"2026-05-30T20:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T20:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612618\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T20:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T20:49:08","slug":"reality-tv-is-a-horrific-virus-and-its-mutating-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612618\/","title":{"rendered":"Reality TV is a horrific virus \u2014 and it\u2019s mutating &#8211; The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxPc0RnTnFVVWdzd3Q4MHZHUnVPelo0SmE4SHlUTHV2VEl3Q2F3RjdlQ3hUX0Vnb1dvQkhILUxZelFPSzZCTTlBQ3llcE9UNzdTeEhvNGhYczFST3JCM0xWbzQyRE82ZjdhWGZfRkxTWl9sWHFoeFhjQ1BOd2RHUEh4bnRKOFViMUJLN192dmE1bDN6bGUyQ2JDMEc3RFRDOTRkeU5OZUotR3pLWWVn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reality TV is a horrific virus \u2014 and it\u2019s mutating<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxOSEZ5RG53TVhKR2QtUHZxNzJPVTByZ1VtYkNCLXZkaFM5ZXdpZGY3VldzNi1uSlN2LXRxemVfMjNUbDZacEJMNkZvaXVhdUFtZXdwY0pkazdQenlFRmozYzJkMVRBLUhZNmtETUpsTkoyRkdacXpwTHpkc05Gb05FN2RBQVlYV1Y3UklHdkFrVTBrZDBSYkljVXkyNG0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Can dating reality shows ever be safe? \u2013 podcast<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxPQnE3cjh3Y2w1UXVFVEpfZGpjNlJtUjZQcXRWTkNqTldURi1QcmNVeVFzcFRNNWF5enBydURXX1Rjb0p0YlZKd1dzemVGYjRmSVZsbTdtcG5GLUNqalU1TElFVkhtWlhUalUtaEZWT2pHTTRkT2NTYWZWOEtaZlJVeFRwTkNhVG1tUEEyQnkzTzUxS3JxYV9RNDBJcVN5WXVvcl91WQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mike Edwards on when the fiction of &#8216;reality&#8217; TV becomes destructively real<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Helensburgh Advertiser<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE9VRDBhWXRCOEk2QlpDRERnUlR1WG1kM1c3YXFNQk9RbHdZaXN5dW1BVWNmR3RmbnhnVlFVYU5ZTWMzVDZvY2NMa1ZjUEV5MWk0NUkyenZPTW0tZ0EwbHlCandzXzFMX1BYZkRKeWhvR05FdXlFN3ZNR0tEVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New study reveals harm and trauma experienced by participants and crew working in reality television<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;University of Nottingham<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE1xc2g5V1F0c21FVHlEc3ZqblBzVjhiNTJDMWQyOUJLY2JQWmZsSmJ0dzg0NVU4VmV3cEZMRjM1MWhiQ2J5Q1JSVXBrblBuN2MwYWNabXRxazhfTl9kd1M3SzZXbTVWMFBJS2taaEFvOW5pME44MEZMMjZrS29uMVU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reality TV is getting too dark to watch<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Taipei Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reality TV is a horrific virus \u2014 and it\u2019s mutating&nbsp;&nbsp;The TimesCan dating reality shows ever be safe? \u2013&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-612618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}