Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker also joined the fray, announcing that the state's department of corrections will from now on notify families of victims on whenever the incarcerated end up on the tube.
"We need to ensure that crime victims are never again caught off-guard by turning on their televisions and unexpectedly seeing the inmate who has caused them so much pain," Schweiker tells the Associated Press.
Susan McNaughton, a spokeswoman for the department of corrects, also issued a mea culpa, saying officials would seriously reconsider granting any similar requests in the future. McNaughton says could sympathize with people like Mary Orlando who might be hurt "watching VH1 and seeing people sent to prison playing guitars."
Reps for the cable channel did not return phone calls seeking comment on the resolution. What TV people seem to forget is that real crimes equal real victims: this is yet another step down the road to televised blood sport. Can Running Man be far off?
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1 - Jacob Lalonde
Sadly, I don't think we have been that far from televised bloodsport for almost a decade. Look at Ultimate Fighting Championships where one of the only two contest rules is "no eye gouging" as if otherwise someone might think it fair game. I think there is room for a documentary on music and inmates but the brash VH1 clearly doesn't have the sensibilities for such a sublte topic.