Not only does MTV avoid playing music videos to play inappropriate reality TV shows, but they have presented much controversy over the years. Take for example, Teen Mom and Sixteen and Pregnant. These shows are glamorizing teenage pregnancy; the girls in the shows end up on magazine covers, and even get to have their own TV show and make lots of money. And this is all because they accidentally got pregnant at way too young of an age. Sixteen year olds may now think- hey, she got pregnant and got famous, why can't I? Is this really the way we want younger generations to look at child birth? It is supposed to be a beautiful, monumental, life changing moment, not a glamorous one.
The news report above even mentions how these shows are now presenting questionable abortion topics. Indirectly, the show is pro-life, because the girls all have their children, which isn't either right or wrong, but with American's sensitivity today, it is a big deal. One girl on the show even ended up getting an abortion, which may offend certain audiences as well. MTV should really be more careful of what type of messages they are portraying in their shows. Maybe they should just go back to music videos and avoid the controversy.
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