I got an email from Acquired 5, the Channel 5 programme acquisition arm of MediaCorp, regarding my email:
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Dear Mr Gurmit Singh Kullar,
We thank you for sharing your concerns on the latest series of Survivor.
Ch5 treats racial issues with utmost seriousness and has been closely
monitoring the series development since it was launched in the U.S 5
weeks ago. It is due to this concern that we deliberately delayed the
debut of the series on our channel.
In our opinion, with the merger of the different tribes early in the
series has suitably diffused the racial concerns.
As issues to do with race are always highly sensitive, we wish to assure
you that we have done appropriate edits to remove racial slurs and
racial stereotyping. None of these edits will affect the continuity or
entertainment value of this reality series.
The episodes of Survivor aired on our channel are within the appropriate
guidelines of the Free-To-Air Programme Code.
We thank you for your valuable comments, and for watching Ch5.
Regards,
Acquired 5
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I guess that's the end of that. I did get the email published on Friday's TODAY paper with an adjacent response by Selena Ho from MediaCorp (coincidentally it aired that night too, hmmm). I also got a few pats on the back from a few friends for bringing the issue up. Others 'accused' me of being a fame junkie (yeah 15mins, and it all fades away as the karang guni man trashes the broadsheets). Anyway, I missed the first episode because I was having more fun not watching TV.
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