Coming home from an exhausting day at work, you sit in your recliner to relax as
             you hear foul shouting blurting from your child's bedroom. Curiously you walk towards
             the room to find the shouting coming from the guests on the Jerry Springer Show. You
             think to yourself, "why is my child watching daytime talk shows," or as the majority refer
             to it, "Trash TV." The storm clouds have been gathering for quite some time now. Is the
             end near for Trash TV? Concerned viewers, legislators, and press are worried about
             television show content in general, however, some of our trashy Talk Shows have
             received more than their fair share of attention in the last few years. What I'm concerned
             with is, "What are these shows teaching our children and how does this affect our
             Many of the guests on TV daytime talk shows are portrayed differently according
             to the topic; however, the guests seem to all have something in common: their background
             and behavior. Watching a variety of these TV daytime talk shows recently, I've observed
             that the bulk of these guests all appear to be whites, Hispanics, or African Americans of
             the lower or middle class. They all come from the same type of living conditions and
             crazy lifestyles. People may even mention the words "white trash," referring of course to
             the Caucasian guests. Insinuating that the background of the guests is inadequate, they do
             not mind being ridiculed for their outrageous beliefs and lifestyles. To these guests this is
             their normal lifestyle; besides, why do audience members and viewers find these guests'
             lives to be so interesting? What make these shows so popular?
             It seems that the audience and viewers enjoy watching people spill guts about
             everyday garbage life. Viewers are entertained by the mockery of people whom they
             aren't familiar with because there is no connection to the vie...