POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES FEEL A LOT MORE LIKE REALITY
TELEVISION AND IT COULD BE BECAUSE WE HAVE A FORMER REALITY
TELEVISION HOST AS OUR PRESIDENT.
HOWEVER, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE TYPE OF TELEVISION
PROGRAMMING MOST AMERICANS ARE WATCHING THESE DAYS, YOU
WILL KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE LIKE TRUMP ENDED UP
BECOMING OUR PRESIDENT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
RECENTLY THERE WAS THIS HUGE SCANDAL, HUGE CONTROVERSY I
SHOULD SAY REGARDING THE SEASON FINALE OF THE BACHELOR.
HOLD.
THE CONTROVERSY WAS THE FACT THAT THE GUY THAT ALL THE WOMEN
ARE TRYING TO MARRY, HIS NAME IS ARIE LUYENDYK JR, MADE A
DECISION TO PROPOSE TO ONE OF THE CONTESTANTS AND THEN LATER
CHANGED HIS MIND AND THEN PROCEEDED TO PURSUE ANOTHER
CONTESTANT AND THEN AFTER HE DID THAT, DECIDED TO GO BACK TO
THE PREVIOUS WOMAN AND PEOPLE WERE UPSET ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF FUN SCREENSHOTS OF WHAT OCCURRED
BECAUSE WE CAN'T PLAY THE VIDEO BECAUSE OF COPYRIGHT REASONS.
I INSISTED THAT WE DID THE STORY AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY.
PARTLY BECAUSE I VERY RANDOMLY CAUGHT 10 MINUTES OF THIS LIVE
LAST NIGHT AND IT IS BECAUSE LAST NIGHT WE WATCHED THE
OSCARS SO STILL IN ABC.
I WAS GOING TO WATCH JOHN OLIVER'S SHOW WHICH WAS
BRILLIANT, BY THE WAY.
SOME OF TELEVISION IS FANTASTIC, HBO, NETFLIX ABSOLUTELY
KILLING IT.
AMAZON, WHO, OTHERS AS WELL BUT THEN, YOU'VE GOT THIS DUMPSTER
FIRE AND SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I AM NOT TRYING
TO JUDGE THE PEOPLE WHO WATCH THIS STUFF.
IT WILL SEEM THAT WAY SO LET ME TELL YOU HAD A TIME, I HAVE
DONE YOUR DRUG.
MY WIFE AND I USED TO WATCH THE BACHELOR.
I DO NOT REMEMBER IF WE WATCHED ONE OR TWO SEASONS AND WHEN
I WAS ABOUT TO GO TO WATCH MY SHOW IN THIS WAS ON, I GOT
STUCK AND I DID WATCH IT FOR 10 MINUTES.
IT WAS LIKE A TRAIN WRECK AND YOU COULD NOT LOOK AWAY.
THE REASON I WANTED TO DO THE STORY AS WE HAVE TO LOOK AWAY.
THIS IS HURTING THE COUNTRY.
IT IS EMOTIONAL PORN AND IT IS, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SCENE THAT I
SAW THAT THEY GO BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT AND I FIND, I DON'T
CARE ABOUT ANY OF THESE PEOPLE AND THEY ARE ALL HALF ACTORS, SO
HE COULDN'T DECIDE, IN FACT, I REMEMBER I WATCHED CRASH
FROM HBO SO I CAUGHT A LITTLE PIECE OF THIS AND THAT'S WHEN IT
WAS DONE I WAS GOING TO GO TO JOHN OLIVER SHOW AND THEN I
SAW ANOTHER PIECE OF IT.
I SAW LITTLE BIT OF DRAMA, WHICH WAY IS HE GOING TO GO?
THAT'S WHEN I CAUGHT LIKE 15 SECONDS, I DO NOT CARE.
LET'S WATCH THIS.
THEN I COME BACK AND HE IS BREAKING UP WITH THE GIRL
HE SAID YES TO.
WHO CARES?
EXCEPT FOR SHE STARTED CRYING AND WEEPING AND THEY WOULD NOT
STOP FOLLOWING HER WITH THE CAMERA.
WHY WOULD THEY?
THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT.
THAT IS WHAT THE PRODUCERS OF THE SHOW WANT.
AGAIN, I AM NOT JUDGING EITHER BUT THAT IS WHAT THE
AUDIENCE REACTS TO, IS ATTACHED TO, THEY WANT THE DRAMA.
IT IS A SOAP OPERA ESSENTIALLY.
EXACTLY AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE SHOW,
I GET IT, THEY SIGNED UP FOR IT.
BUT THEY ARE ALSO PEOPLE AND THEY GOT CAUGHT IN THIS PLAY AND
NOW KIND OF IN A COLISEUM AND AT THAT MOMENT, SHE IS
GENUINELY UPSET AND HE WILL NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE AND I'M POSITIVE
THE PRODUCERS ARE TELLING HIM DON'T LEAVE THE HOUSE, SHE IS
ASKING HIM TO LEAVE, SHE IS AN EMOTIONAL WRECK AND HE WON'T
LEAVE JUST TO RUB IT IN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE WANT MORE CRYING
FOR THE COLISEUM.
SHE GOES INTO THE BATHROOM SO THAT CAMERAS CAN'T FOLLOW HER
BUT
THEY WILL NOT TAKE OFF HER MIC SO YOU HEAR HER SOBBING
AND YOU'VE GOT THIS, I CAN FEEL THE AUDIENCE KIND OF LOVING
IT AND IT MADE ME SICK INSIDE.
I HAVE NUMBERS TO BACK UP THE FACT THAT THE AUDIENCE DID LOVE
IT EVEN THOUGH TWITTER ARRESTED WITH A TON OF CRITICISM.
THIS WAS THE 22ND SEASON FINALE OF THE BACHELOR AND A NEW
SEASON HIGHS AND GAVE ABC A WIN IN THEIR KEY DEMOS.
AN AVERAGE OF 2.2 RATING IN ADULTS 18 TO 49 AND 7.8
MILLION VIEWERS SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE WATCHING.
IT BROKE ALL SORTS OF RECORDS FOR THE BACHELOR
SPECIFICALLY AND LOOK, I AM ACTUALLY KIND OF SURPRISED
BY YOUR COMMENTARY BECAUSE THIS ISN'T NEW.
THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE THIS.
DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY'RE WEEPING AND CRYING, THAT IS
CONSIDERED GOOD TV AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THE MIC OFF.
THAT IS LIKE GETTING RID OF THE ONE COMPONENT OF THE AUDIENCE
KEEPS COMING BACK FOR BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS WHAT I'M NOTICING IN
GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW AND IT DIDN'T HIT ME UNTIL JUST
RECENTLY IS THAT THE WAY THAT TRUMP CONDUCTS THINGS IS
VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE ON A REALITY SHOW.
FOR INSTANCE, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I DON'T REMEMBER
OBAMA HAVING THESE HIGHLY PUBLICIZED AND HIGHLY TELEVISED
NEGOTIATION SYSTEM SESSIONS WITH NUMBERS OF CONGRESS.
ONE MIGHT ARGUE THAT IT'S TRANSPARENCY IT'S A GOOD
THING BUT THE WAY THAT TRUMP CARRIES HIMSELF MAKES IT
VERY APPARENT TO ME THAT IT IS THEATER.
HE LIKES THE PRODUCTION OF IT ALL.
HE LIKES THE DRAMA OF IT ALL AND HE HAS DONE IT TIME AND
TIME AGAIN.
IT IS NEVER MEANT TO NEGOTIATE ACTUAL POLICY AND LEAD TO
RESOLUTION, IT IS ALWAYS MEANT FOR THE DRAMA, PEOPLE IN
THE MEDIA LATCH ONTO IT AND THEY DEBATED AND THEY TALK ABOUT
IT NONSTOP.
IN THE MEANTIME THEY ARE DEREGULATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTIONS THAT WE HAVE, SO THAT IS A PART OF IT THAT MAKES
ME WORRIED BECAUSE NOW SOCIETY HAS EVOLVED IN NOT JUST THE TYPE
OF TELEVISION THAT WE ARE WATCHING BUT THE WAY THAT WE
GOVERN AND THAT'S CONCERNING.
I THINK THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF DIFFERENCES.
ONE IS WE ALL KNEW THAT, UNFORTUNATELY NOT WE ALL, BUT A
LOT OF US KNEW IT WAS A PLAY BEFORE AND WHEN YOU SEE HOMERO
SAID CRYING ON A REALITY SHOW YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE THE BIGGEST
SUCKER IN THE WORLD TO THINK ABOUT ISRAEL SO SHE IS AN
ACTRESS AND HER JOB IS TO GO IS OFF EVERYBODY ON THE SITE AND
THEN HAVE THEM CRY IN HER CRY AND IT IS SO, WHY ARE WE
STILL WATCHING?
IT IS SO FAKE.
NOW IN THIS CASE, AGAIN, SHE SIGNED UP FOR IT, BUT THAT
WAS A GENUINE.
SHE IS NOT GOING AND BEING LIKE OH MY GOD, I AM SO UPSET, LATER
I WILL MAKE MILLIONS WHEN I BECOME THE BACHELORETTE, WHICH
PROBABLY WILL HAPPEN BY THE WAY, BUT SHE WAS FALLING IN THE
BATHROOM AND THE COLISEUM WAS ON THE EDGE LIKE THIS IS GOOD.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT IS PARTLY BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO SEE IT AND
IT WAS GUTWRENCHING AND I DID NOT WANT US TO BE ENTERTAINED BY
THAT AND THEN SEE YOUR POINT, ANNA, LOOK AT WHAT THE
COUNTRY HAS BECOME.
WE HAVE GOT SO USED TO IT THAT WE PUT A REALITY SHOW HOST AS
OUR LEADER, AS THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, THE MOST POWERFUL
MAN ON EARTH AND YES, OBAMA FROM TIME TO TIME WITH BRING IN
LEADERS FROM BOTH PARTIES AND IT WAS TOTALLY FAKE, THEY
WOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION, NOTHING WOULD BE NEGOTIATED
BUT TRUMP IS A SHOWMAN SO HE AGREES WITH THE DEMOCRATS
AND FEINSTEIN GETS EXCITED AND THEN SCHUMER SAYS WE HAVE A
DEAL AND THEN IT TURNS OUT THEY DO NOT HAVE A DEAL, THEN THEY
GO ON CAMERA AND CRY AND TRUMP LIED TO ME, I DID NOT KNOW IT.
WE ARE THE FROG IN THE BOILING WATER.
WE GOT USE TO THE FAKE DRAMA AND THE HYSTERIA SO MUCH THAT WE
BECAME A REALITY SHOW AND SO WE HAVE TO GET OUT.
IT IS A DUMPSTER FIRE.
WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF THIS EXISTENCE BECAUSE IT IS
HURTING US.
DESERTING THE WHOLE COUNTRY.