Survivor Must Die

As pointed out by my friend Sarah on her blog, the new idea for this year's Survivor is amazing even for television. I put this into my news cast a few days ago even though we almost never cover entertainment. I felt it was worthy of public scorn.

Four teams divided along racial lines compete in a game of survival.

So if you stranded a team of blacks, whites, asians and spanish people on an island, which race would do a better job surviving? Are we really still at the point where asking this question could possibly be a form of entertainment?

I know reality TV kind of sinks to the lowest of the low. I expect that and I accept that. I'm the last person to give a big rant about the moral decay of modern media. Frankly, I want us to be free to do and say whatever we'd like. However, I do still maintain the right to call people on their bullshit offensive ideas. This is probably among the worst, hateful ideas for a television show I've ever heard. I'm hard pressed to think of one that would rank at the moment. Especially because it's so overt.

I don't take Survivor too seriously, but I'm still bothered by it enough to add my two cents here. I know I won't be watching it. I hope it's the lowest rated version yet. I'm sure it won't be.