How "Candid Camera" May Have Destroyed America
Blame Allen Funt (1914-1999). As the motive force behind Candid Camera and its predecessor Candid Microphone (1947-2014) Funt may be said to be the father of both reality television and fake news. The show was groundbreaking in its way, and certainly forward-looking, though the doors it opened I think are ultimately deleterious from the perspectives […]