Friday, April 13, 2007

The Wealth Report - WSJ.com : Philanthrotainment

From the Wealth Report

The Wealth Report - WSJ.com : Philanthrotainment: "Philanthrotainment

It was only a matter of time.

With so many millionaires and billionaires giving away so much money, and philanthropy grabbing so many headlines these days, the ever-desperate creators of reality-TV shows were bound to take notice. And so it’s come to pass that two shows in Britain — the motherland of reality-TV — have captured millions of viewers by showing rich people giving money to the poor.

I call it philanthrotainment."

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