when to Step In-Review Post

Well since my blogs are all about reality television, I figured I would go out on the web and take a look at different articles that have to talk about the reality TV. The article I decided to review was from the New York Times. You can find the website by clicking this link http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/business/media/08reality.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
This article has to do with when the show gets to become to real. It talks a lot about the show Intervention. Intervention is when they are documenting someone with some sort of addiction (without them knowing, thinking they are just doing a documentary, not an intervention). During the whole episode it gets real, you see them do what they do, such as drinking, doing drugs or huffing. The cameras are always rolling and we see them in some of the worst states of a lifetime. The question is when do producers and camera crew have to step in during shows like this. It is hard to know when to cross that line because ethically and morally you want to stop someone from drinking and driving, but you can’t make them not drive, they are going to do what they want. Producers may feel like they need to step in and sometimes they do just so they don’t cause harm to others in the community. Another example would be MTV’s True Life. There was an episode about the behind the scenes of True Life. They said that no matter what their subject does, they aren’t able to talk to them or help them (unless it obviously is life or death). The question is always on people’s mind, when do we intervene? I know it makes great television, but I hope producers and camera crew know when to step in to help.