MTV Ripped Over 'Buckwild' - Network Lacks Morals & Cares Only About Money

Dec. 10 2012, Published 4:00 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Greed is the ultimate reality behind MTV's reality TV shows.
That's the growing sentiment toward the cable network as criticism is quickly spreading over its new reality show Buckwild, which features a group of West Virginia teens and kids in their 20s partying, drinking, cursing, fighting and having sex in an unabashed ratings grab.
The show is replacing Jersey Shore which featured cast members partying, drinking, cursing, fighting and …deja vu!
And in what is probably the best publicity for MTV, Buckwild has already been attacked by a U.S. Senator! Now the chorus of detractors is growing louder - both nationally and in West Virginia - while slamming not only the show but also the network.
"MTV does not care about what constitutes wrong," Hollywood Reporter TV critic Tim Goodman wrote in a scathing piece.
"Who smells the money?" Goodman asks sarcastically in discussing the network's decision to appeal to stereotypes for its reality hits.
And addressing West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin asking MTV to do the right thing and cancel the show, Goodman states: "Good luck with the appeal to MTV's moral center, Senator."
Many West Virginia locals are also upset about the previews they have seen for the show.
"Obviously, the show is just perpetuating a stereotype West Virginia has been working hard to shed ourselves of," Alisa Bailey, president and CEO of the Charleston Convention and Visitor’s Bureau told the West Virginia Gazette.