SayUncle on MTV Reality Show "I'm a gun owner"

SayUncle has an interesting comment on his site related to one of the women in the MTV reality series "I'm a gun Owner." Apparently MTV uses the Michael Moore film methodology. That is: If it doesn't agree with your point, edit until it does.

From the comment:

First of all, I am the mother of the young girl featured on MTV True Life "“I'’m a Gun Owner."” I would like to think that many of you are intelligent enough to understand that as with any film making endeavor, there is a great deal of creative license put to use -– the result being that in many cases, the reality is far different from the impression one is left with from the film. However, since so many people have jumped on board to make accusations regarding the show, let me clarify a few things right up front.

Creative license is an interesting way of putting it. She is very politic I think. How can one have a "reality" series that distorts the reality of the situation? That's not reality.

She goes on to state the distortions but she defends the directing. Sounds a bit odd to me.

As for the show itself, MTV and the filmmakers, I will add this for thought. A gun rights group that my daughter and I are members of initially contacted her about being on the show and put her in touch with the film company. Her first reaction was no -– we both knew that MTV has always been heinously liberal and were concerned that her views and opinions would be greatly distorted. It was only after numerous and repeated phone calls from the film company, assuring her that her side would be told truthfully and without prejudice that she finally succumbed and agreed to do the show. MTV has been surprisingly supportive throughout this -– at one point when being interviewed by a local newspaper here during the actual filming, they completely supported Lennie in her choice to own a firearm. As for the filmmakers themselves, they have been wonderful. During the three to four months that they became a daily part of our lives, Lennie and I both gained a great deal of respect for them. They were genuinely interested in her opinions and listened fairly and avidly as she explained why the Second Amendment is so important in our society, both on a personal as well as a national level. We went out filming twice, once at the range with the NRA instructor, and once at her Dad'’s farm - and on that occasion, she even taught one of the film makers to shoot and celebrated with him as he learned he was an amazingly good shot. Yes, the film was very focused and left out so very much detail that was critical to her story - at the same time, you have to remember that they filmed her for over three months -– the amount of footage they had to pour through and weed out was staggering.

"They were very supportive and distortive."

I guess it's obvious that I'll never participate in any "reality" television.