Why cheating is allowed on game shows

A lot of today’s contests are edited and rigged. But it wasn’t always that way.
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Today’s game shows, whether they’re Mr. Beast on YouTube or Storage Wars on cable, often feature sensationalistic editing, recreations, and straight-up fixing. But it wasn’t always that way. As the above video shows, game shows in America have gone from unregulated, to a Federally regulated activity, and back to unregulated once again.

The Quiz Show scandals of the 1950s set in motion a new law that enforced rules for games of skill. But, as the above video shows, changing media consumption habits and expectations have made game shows a wild west once again.

Further Reading:

https://content.time.com/time/subscri...
You can check out the original Time Magazine profile of Charles van Doren and his family — central figures in the quiz show scandals.

On a few different platforms, you can watch the episode of Twenty One where Herb Stempel lost.
https://archive.org/details/TwentyOne...

Read George Brietigam’s paper about the FCC enforcement today.
https://www.chapman.edu/law/_files/pu...

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