NOW the truth comes out.
It's exactly like balloon boy, when all the media (sadly including Fox News) and many at FR bought into the !!ZOMG!! hysteria, while only a few of us openly suggested a scam.
Quite a few of FR's posters are media savvy. Some are members of the profession themselves, others are amateur students of propaganda.
But what's frustrating is seeing those who conflate adventure/self-sufficiency/conservatism with an obvious, money-grubbing publicity stunt.
I'll never understand the voyeuristic narcissism of the reality show participants or the gullibility of those who watch them.
That said, I've watched a few of the Fishing/Logging/Trucking shows. They do have some redeeming value in that they show Americans actually doing something productive.
However they are still for the most part a venue for the drama queens of those fields.