Once upon a time, Maury Povich was a serious journalist based in Washington, D.C. I'm not sure what happened: maybe he decided it wasn't entertaining enough. Regardless, eventually he got his own TV show in 1998. Yes it was tabloid journalism, but he did try to help people. Parents with recalcitrant kids would get "scared straight", people in bad domestic situations would be offered a way out, young teen girls wanting to get pregnant finding out what it's like to take care of a baby (using the "baby live" doll): you get the picture.
However, somewhere over the years his show went left. Now he does nothing but who-the-baby-daddy shows.
Sure, every once in a great while was okay. Giving DNA tests so child support, etc. could be worked out. But a show they aired recently just put me over the edge.
This young woman, probably in her early to mid-twenties was making her second appearance on the show. The first time she was trying to find the father of her lovely little daughter. She had brought three men along. And surprise, surprise: none of them was the father. So she runs off stage crying and all butt-hurt because the guys are high-fiving and whooping it up because they are having unprotected sex with her but weren't "caught", so didn't have to do anything for her.
So now she comes on the show a second time: not for the daughter, but for her new baby. And she brings along the same three guys! Oh, and adds the uncle of one of them. Why is this woman still having unprotected sex with these same men, and one's family member, and having another baby?? She says she is done looking for the father of the little girl, but knows the father of the new baby is one of the yahoos she brought along.
And surprise, surprise: none of them was the father! So she runs offstage and falls to the ground to cry while again the guys are high-fiving and happy that they again didn't get "caught". And when Maury gets to the girl she tells him to leave her alone because she doesn't want him embarrassing her. Say what??? I don't think it was Maury!
I would have thought that he might show some compassion or get her some counseling or something. NOPE! He just sends her on her way. Didn't say "keep your legs closed" or "get rid of these yahoos" or concentrate on your kids, not on sleeping around. She got nothing but a trip back home to continue on with this same behavior, sadly.
Now I hope that woman knows she needs to take a good, hard look at her life and make some changes. I hope she knows that her behavior isn't good for her or her kids; and one day she might end up with something worse than a fatherless child. And shame on Maury for offering her nothing, but pandering to an audience that thrives on others' misfortune.
And just for the record: if I'm home during the day, I have the TV on the National News Desk and listen to that in the morning. I don't bother to change the channel, and Maury comes on at some point after that. But maybe I need to listen to different news until Maury goes back to being ethical. I would think he has earned enough money from these sensationalist shows. It's time to try to help people, not exploit their hurt and embarrassment for ratings. Seriously.
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