I often refer to the editing or editors in my critiques/complaintfests about reality TV, but that’s really shorthand for a lot of complicated things, from the craftspeople who literally piece together an episode in the editing bay to the people who construct storylines from hundreds of hours of material. In these processes, stories come to life–and get completely made up sometimes. There have been exposés about editing and responses from editors about why unethical editing..
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Reality TV editing and its power explained, demonstrated
