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Originally Posted by AndrewG
This superficial belief that CA / Business / Donald Trump is good seems rather closed minded to me now. Look behind the surface and often that piece of "entertainment" is just as rubbish really regardless of minuscule percentages of the monies that such people like Trump turn over go to charities.
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I certainly wouldn't suggest CA was a great piece of TV .. Meat only wound up on it due to a misunderstanding which he felt obliged to honour. He was the only reason I watched that series, and I wouldn't watch it again. It too is contrived, heavily edited to grab ratings, etc etc. I have no superficial belief it is great, challenging or edifying entertainment. However, I wouldn't consider the amounts the charities receive "miniscule", even though I am aware that the Trump empire makes far more out of it and could afford to match any money raised or given for winning the tasks.
I've not suggested there is anything intrinsically beneficial to mankind in the tasks set on CA; they are however tasks with an outcome, and can be used for, or lead to good .. for eg the children's book which was published, the single SITS.
What I, and others, have been saying is that CBB has no such tasks which at least have some usable outcome; the participants are isolated from contact with the outside world; and that progression through it is determined by public pay votes, rather on any kind of merit via task achievement. CBB is very
different to CA, and it is those differences which make me say I would not want to see Meat anywhere near it .. even less than I would have wanted him to go back on the next all star CA, which I believe he's not doing