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cynatnite

(31,011 posts)
Tue May 22, 2012, 06:44 PM May 2012

Bristol Palin exploiting her child for a reality show... [View all]

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/05/coming-soon-bristol-palins-reality-show-124204.html

The article is basically a promo for her reality show called "Life's A Tripp" which chronicles her life with her young son, Tripp. If the show did not involve her young son, I would not care a bit one way or the other.

I have huge problems with these reality shows about Kate and her 6 kids, the Duggers and their 19 kids, and other reality shows which requires them to exploit children in order to make a buck. If it weren't for the kids, nobody would watch. No one would care. So they need the kids.

Bristol Palin is no different. She is exploiting her son for financial gain. If it were not for him, no one would give her the time of day. There would be no reality show.

The apple does not fall far from the rotten apple tree. She learned child exploitation from that worthless mother of hers.

This is pure child exploitation and I dare anyone to say it is not.

Edited to add: This is child abuse, IMO.

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Tripp is a beautiful child. asjr May 2012 #1
Can't argue with that gratuitous May 2012 #2
Resembles his father julian09 May 2012 #3
But he's got Bristol's old chin. tanyev May 2012 #5
He's the split image of his father malaise May 2012 #6
Another grifter like her mom. NC_Nurse May 2012 #4
Like Mother, like Daughter Amster Dan May 2012 #7
I'm gonna sue m'dear Mimsy fer not runnin fer Vice Pretzledent! struggle4progress May 2012 #8
what about the other one? mzteris May 2012 #9
Will she still be attending classes at Arizona State? Pool Hall Ace May 2012 #10
The Massey show fell through kskiska May 2012 #19
"Trial marriage" ???? Pool Hall Ace May 2012 #21
Poor kid. JoePhilly May 2012 #11
What a lovely, lovely little boy LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #12
I wrote a paper on kids and reality shows... cynatnite May 2012 #13
So the likelihood is that LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #16
A lot of what happens on reality shows is staged.. cynatnite May 2012 #17
Well, I will just have to say LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #18
The laws vary state-by-state kskiska May 2012 #20
Discovery has a couple LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #24
Too bad that adorable kid has dipshits for parents Odin2005 May 2012 #14
And she has this fame because so many of us post about everything she does joeglow3 May 2012 #15
My prediction: 1st episode wins its timeslot. After that; Tanksville WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #22
What a cute kid. Terra Alta May 2012 #23
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