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The UK & EU have a (very) mild version of the problem Claire describes (cough, Jeremy Kyle, cough, Berlusconi& #39;s media empire, cough), but in the US, it& #39;s taken on a life of its own. https://twitter.com/claireberlinski/status/1311237519284068353">https://twitter.com/claireber...

https://twitter.com/claireberlinski/status/1311237519284068353

It& #39;s weird how it& #39;s become so poisonous in the US. In the UK & EU programmes like that were pulled after abuse & suicides. They also have terrible history, as I pointed out last year in the Speccie (Australian edition paywall shouldn& #39;t boot you out). https://www.spectator.com.au/2019/06/the-public-humiliation-diet/">https://www.spectator.com.au/2019/06/t...

The public humiliation diet | The Spectator Australia

Last month, the UK’s version of Jerry Springer, The Jeremy Kyle Show, was cancelled after a guest suicided post-recording. Steve Dymond — accused of infidelity by his fiancée and…

https://www.spectator.com.au/2019/06/the-public-humiliation-diet/

RTYI @ClaireBerlinski - the Australian equivalent of The Onion has come to the same conclusion. https://twitter.com/BetootaAdvocate/status/1311177679119331329?s=20">https://twitter.com/BetootaAd...

https://twitter.com/BetootaAdvocate/status/1311177679119331329?s=20

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