TRUE or FALSE

Has reality television gone too far with invading people’s personal live?

This January the premiere of the new hit reality television show The Moment of Truth aired on Fox Five. The Moment of Truth is a game show that quizzes contestants on their personal questions and using a lie detector to determine if they are telling the truth or not. The main goal of the show is for the contestant to answer 21 questions without lying once. If this goal is achieved the contestant win $ 500,000, which is the grand price. The catch to this show is the level of difficult of the questions unfortunately grows more difficult with each correct answer given. However, if the tension and stress level becomes too high for the contestant they have the opportunity to withdraw from the game and walk away with the money they have won already. On the other hand if the contestant chooses to continue playing and answers a question incorrectly he or she has just jeopardized their price money and walk away from the game show empty handed.

One rule of the game is the contestants are allowed to have family members, friends, a significant other, and any other loved one there in the “safe zone.” In this zone the have a button in which they can choose to press if they do not want the contestant to answer the question being asked. However, once they press this button it forces the contestant to now answer a challenge question which may be easier or harder than the previous question. Owning up to the truth in front of family, friends, loved ones, the audience and millions of viewers is not an easy task and the suspense is thrilling. Due to the built up of anticipating that follows each question The Moment of Truth has had great reviews and rating since its first episode that was aired on January 28, 2008. The show had originally aired on Wednesday at 9PM ET/PT after American Idol, but on March 12th the show will move to its regular time at 8PM ET/PT on Wednesdays.

Some Sample questions that the contestants are challenged to answer and tell THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH are:
*Have you ever lied to get a job?
*Do you like your mother-in-law?
*Do you really care about starving children in African?
*Have you ever stolen anything from work?
*Have you ever cheated on your spouse?

One episode that I was completely speechless after watching premiered last Wednesday. I felt that this show completely ruined her relationship with her husband because she confessed that she was in love with someone else on her wedding date, that she cheated on her husband, and if her ex-boyfriend asked her to marry him she would marry him. The surprising twist to this episode that shocked everyone was her ex-boyfriend came out to ask the questions. The host of the show, Mark L.Walberg, admitted that some of the questions on this particular episode were out of line and was literally begging the contestant to STOP!

* TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO CLIP I HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH AND WATCH THIS PARTICULAR EPSIODE … WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO REVEAL ALL YOUR DEEP DARK SECRETS!!