MTV's 'True Life: Occupy Wall Street' Turns Movement Into Reality Show

Though networks typically dispatch embeds during campaign season, MTV took a different approach to the tactic when it dispatched youth into the Occupy Wall Street protests for its show "True Life."

"True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street" will premiere on Saturday, November 5, at 6 p.m. et. Four MTV embeds protested in Zuccotti Park with Occupy Wall Street demonstrators and immersed themselves in the cause.

The special will take viewers to "the front lines" of the Occupy Wall Street protests and follow the four embeds as they become "swept up in the cause." The special will focus primarily on the point of view of the younger demonstrators whose anger is seemingly focused on the concept that they graduated college and expected to find employment, but have been having difficulty in finding steady jobs during the recession.

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[geneandeddie59]

10:17 AM on 10/25/2011

Snooki sits on the face of OWS.

[Charles Mills]

09:11 AM on 10/27/2011

I think I just peed a little.

[Charles Mills]

09:32 AM on 10/27/2011

Oh and puked a little.

[jayded]

09:30 AM on 10/25/2011

they should air this right after Jersey Shore and right before Teen Moms.....target that core demographic, ya know

[MissIndependentLady]

09:04 AM on 10/25/2011

I'm nowhere near a fan of MTV, but True Life is one of the few decent shows that they have. If they don't do these protestors justice, I'm writing a letter, and that's no joke.

[JHKH]

02:55 AM on 10/25/2011

Appalling. Great way to trivialize and delegitimize OWS.

The only good thing might be that the slugs who would watch this "reality" show might learn that there is an OWS movement.

[cabinetmaker]

12:26 AM on 10/25/2011

will they allow themselves to be exploited just to be on TV and possibly become the next fad?

yes, yes they will, all the way to the credit union

[Laws456]

11:42 PM on 10/24/2011

While it may sound like a good idea to some, I think they shouldn't allow themselves to be put on display by the likes of Viacom. Be smart, the same financers your protesting against own MTV. This isn't a fad, or something "cool", this is some serious shi*.

[Jack Davies]

11:31 PM on 10/24/2011

If you can't beat it, turn it into a reality show....

[indamiddle]

11:17 PM on 10/24/2011

MTV ratings are higher than MSNBCs...How rich is that?

[indamiddle]

11:15 PM on 10/24/2011

Well THAT should help Legitimize OWS.....,,The Wall Street Occupant's version of "Jersey Shore"

[Tom Sutpen]

10:57 PM on 10/24/2011

That anyone involved in OWS would countenance this is the surest sign to date of how ultimately frivolous this so-called protest really is.

This country has a long standing tradition of defusing popular revolt simply by marketing it; turning it into a commodity. This is merely the latest example.

[Margaret Cadogan]

01:24 PM on 10/25/2011

Your first sentence provides another.

[GaryNOVA]

09:51 PM on 10/24/2011

I remember way back when MTV use to play music.

[skibum415]

08:10 AM on 10/25/2011

I remember when 'video killed the radio star'....r­eality TV killed the 'video star'.

[Al Batista]

08:41 AM on 10/25/2011

I was talking about this last week. MTV used to be a relevant and important part of youth culture. Now it's just a sad part, appealing to the baser aspects of youth. There's just nothing educational left. Remember when MTV used to break into MTV news every hour with information? I miss videos. I miss buzz clips. I miss MTV Unplugged. It's just sad.

[Eagleman]

09:22 PM on 10/24/2011

Should bring Snooki too

[chaapai]

08:56 PM on 10/24/2011

I blame eMpTVy for the reality show creation! Once they stopped playing Music, they became irrelevant to all but the lowest common denominator/viewers.

Drivel, drivel, drivel! They ought to be ashamed!

[Tom Sutpen]

10:59 PM on 10/24/2011

MTV certainly played a part in the advancement of so-called Reality television, but it's been around in one form or another for at least forty years.

[Nicole Schulman]

08:09 PM on 10/24/2011

FERFOOKSSAKE! Has this been shot already? Is there still any chance to do a little Détournement on MTV.

[flaconoire]

07:39 PM on 10/24/2011

Anybody still watching that crap?. Amazing!

[indamiddle]

11:16 PM on 10/24/2011

Higher ratings than MSNBC Prime time shows////