Anyone remember the quiz-show scandals of the 1950s

[elleng]

for giving questions in advance to contestants — notably Charles Van Doren, an English instructor at Columbia University?

Albert Freedman, Producer of Rigged 1950s Quiz Show, Dies at 95.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/business/media/albert-freedman-dead-quiz-show-scandal.html?

[PoliticAverse]

1. And now we have scripted "reality" shows. n/t

[NewDealProgressive]

2. I saw the movie.

Good flick.

[elleng]

3. Yes, a better flick than the reality, imo.

[femmocrat]

4. Yes, I remember it.

I also saw the movie, but don't remember its name.

Do you remember the "payola" scandal in the music industry? Here's a link with some info: http://www.modestoradiomuseum.org/payola.html

It all seems pretty tame by today's scandals.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. "Quiz Show," I saw it, too...

[femmocrat]

7. Thank you!

Your memory is much better than mine! back!

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Thanks!

I don't remember the scandals, but I did remember the movie!

[unblock]

6. Nowadays that would be considered "just good business"

"Hey we're delivering informative entertainment and this is what our audience wants"

[malthaussen]

9. Steinbeck's last novel was influenced by it.

Winter of our Discontent. A very depressing story, IMO.

-- Mal

[Zorro]

10. I was just a kid but I remember watching "The $64,000 Question"

and the isolation booth they kept the contestants in.