Honey Boo Boo: Reactions to the new reality show

By Sarah Petersen

For the Deseret News

Published: Friday, Sept. 7 2012 1:33 p.m. MDT

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Alana Thompson, aka Honey Boo Boo Child, has recently received national attention. With almost 3 million viewers, TLC seems to have hit the jackpot. But has anyone stopped to think how this might affect Boo Boo?

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Nan BW

ELder, CO

It could be said I shouldn't comment since I don't watch television, anytime, ever, but without ever seeing it, I know this is not something that will help any viewer, any age, become a more thoughtful, helpful, more capable, more any More..

3:35 p.m. Sept. 8, 2012
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Older Mom

Roswell, GA

My adult daughter, and I were watching television recently, and saw a portion of this show. To my daughter and I the show was appalling. I feel like beauty pageants for children are so detrimental to their self esteem. Either they end up hating More..

5:16 p.m. Sept. 7, 2012
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fonu1

CEDAR CITY, UT

If any of us are looking to television to find something in order to better ourselves as human beings, we're gonna have to look loooong and hard. TV and most other media are not designed with the intent of enlightenment. It's about More..

11:56 a.m. Sept. 10, 2012
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