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Senator Calls for MTV to Cancel ‘BuckWild,’ A Jersey Shore-Like Reality Show Set in Small Town W.Va.

Dec. 8, 2012 2:32pm Christopher Santarelli

Manchin Calls for MTV to Cancel BuckWild, Jersey Shore Like Reality Show Set in Small Town West Virginia

BuckWild (MTV)

Have you heard about the new MTV show BuckWild?

Set in West Virginia, the reality show looks like it could be described as a cross between Jersey Shore and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, following a crew of rowdy and dramatic young people in the backwoods. Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin III calls the show a “travesty” and has sent a letter to MTV President Stephen Friedman requesting the network take BuckWild down.

“As a U.S. Senator, I am repulsed at this business venture, where some Americans are making money off of the poor decisions of our youth,” Manchin wrote, after seeing only previews of the show – not an actual episode–according to The Washington Post.

Sen. Joe Manchin (AP)

“I cannot imagine that anyone who loves this country would feel proud profiting off of ‘Buckwild’,” Manchin went on to write.

MTV described the show in a press release as “a new series following a group of nine young, carefree and adventurous friends living in West Virginia.”

Carefree is one way to put it.

Screen shot from Buckwilld Trailer

Manchin’s complaints may fall on deaf ears. When the network first aired Jersey Shore they faced a considerable amount of controversy from Italian-American groups for what they saw as the promotion of inaccurate stereotypes for profit, and even Domino’s Pizza pulled their advertising during the show’s commercials. Jersey Shore survived and has made it through six seasons, eventually becoming the network’s most watched series ever.

MTV has yet to comment on or respond to Manchin’s letter.

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flatbroke
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 10:45pm
I am no fan of Jersey shore, but really a democrap senator lecturing people on sleeze t.v.or is it just that people are attempting to make M-O-N-E-Y that he has a problem with. i like to watch swamp people,duck dynasty, and big rich texas, because they are entertaining, so i guess the libs want to destroy entertainment too along with the whole country???

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- Platonician
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 5:43am
  MTV is paying Joe Manchin a lot of money for this, this is a publicity stunt, a la Donald Trump.
  This is reality TV, they know how to manipulate people. Don’t buy it.
  
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- December9
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 12:31pm
  The country is going off a fiscal cliff in the worst economy in 70 years and this is what concerns Democrats?
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 12:43pm
  A Demorat preaching ethics, morality and integrity, GOOD GAWD.
  and this show is going to pis*-off who ?? BO, MO and who ?????
  
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- ShyLow
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 12:47pm
  I love riding my motorcycles in WV, I hope they legalize quads for the street. I would love to ride a Raptor underneath the New River Gorge Bridge then ride out to Kanahwa Falls
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mzt-CM7uaY
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 12:50pm
  “As a U.S. Senator, I am repulsed at this business venture,”
  
  As a U.S. Citizen, I am repulsed with Reid and the U.S. Senate..
  and ALL democrats.. 10 times worse than this Show, let it air !!.
  
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- Keatonc33
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 2:57pm
  so you are in favor of this show?
  
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- 68Patriot
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 5:17pm
  I am as conservative as they come but I say let it air. If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?
  
  If parents control what their kids watch and do they’ll never see this garbage.
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 5:03am
  Watched the video…Looks like a bunch of Red Blooded American
  Kids to me.. Looks pretty much like what I did as a Kid growing up..
  Don’t remember wearing a helmet when riding in the tire though.
  These politicians are TAKING away more and more of our freedom
  every day,, I would tell Democratic Senator Joe Manchin da’ tur* to
  F-OFF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 5:12am
  The two girls playing in the Mud, reminds me of the members
  of the Congressional Black Caucus, they wollar, play and sling
  MUD on a daily basis.. so what’s NEW ????
  Have to include Pelosi and Reid on the MUD slining too..and
  lets NOT forget the POTUS slinging BULLSHI* every day too..
  should be a Great Show…let it AIR……….
  
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grayling646
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 10:17pm
Yeah MTV. You should encourage them to become politicians. The most honest, trustworthy people on the planet.

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TMOverbeck
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 9:29pm
“Buck Wild is repulsive and should be taken off the air!”

15 years ago: “South Park is repulsive and should be taken off the air!”

19 years ago: “Beavis and Butthead is repulsive and should be taken off the air!”

25 years ago: “Married With Children is repulsive and should be taken off the air!”

And what happened after that in all these cases? Curious viewers making these shows even more popular.

Way to pump up that publicity, Mr. Senator.

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- LeadNotFollow
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 2:01am
  You forgot to mention The Simpsons and Family Guy.
  
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- LeadNotFollow
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 2:04am
  Add Bill Maher, Jerry Springer, and Ricki Lake to that list.
  
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- LeadNotFollow
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 2:06am
  Soap Operas are filthy and disgusting.
  
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- JACKTHETOAD
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 6:30am
  Wait a while on the Soaps. Frontal nudity was approved recently and quietly by the FCC. Things are gonna get a whole lot worse before they get better.
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on December 10, 2012 at 4:49am
  Can’t be any worse than MSNBC and their REPULSIVE POS !!
  Ed Schlutz, O’Donnie the Commie, and “Da’ Rev. and lets not
  forget “Tingles” and the tall skinny ???? and these Libotards
  are knocking this show….probably doesn’t fit in with their gay
  indoctrination, progressive BULLSHI*..
  
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ShyLow
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 7:08pm
penny ante

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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 7:27pm
  Not that I’d watch such trash, but it does sound like trash like so many of the stupid shows taking up channel space for those of us who pay for 100 channels and get perhaps 2 that aren’t liberal or trash.
  
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Meggers55
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 6:36pm
This is exactly why I got rid of cable and bought an antenna. Cable is overrun with reality shows. I can’t be one of the mindless morons who watch those shows. As long as producers can get away with these cheap to produce crappy shows, that’s all you will get.

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- Kupo
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 9:40pm
  An antennae? Someone needs to realize the potential of his internet connection…
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 12:25am
  ell yea WHOOO,I get squidbillies on mi putter.
  
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- randy
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 9:09am
  Dumped cable and satellite about a year ago and can watch anything I care to over the internet hooked to my big screen thru my computer HDMI port….
  
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hauschild
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 6:02pm
Classic! Liberals led the charge to let parents off the hook for poor parenting; even embracing it. Now, look as more than half this country is nothing more than trailer park trash and they don’t even realize it. There used to be a time when these types of people understood what they were and didn’t really enjoy it. Now, these people revel in bottom feeding. It’s wild.

Picture this freakin’ country in 30 years. I simply cannot fathom how people in general are getting more hillbilly-ish, even though there is more access to food, cars, education; way, way, WAY more than ever before. Crazy!

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Michael
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 5:16pm
I haven’t seen it, of course, but if it is anything like the Whites of WV, then I really don’t care too. What a disgrace those people were. These people that are getting paid to do this are really just stupid hicks. I come from WV and the people there aren’t anything like the Whites or even act anything like the Whites. I can’t imagine anyone being worse. I hope they don’t air it. WV is a beautiful state with beautiful people in it. Please if you watch these shows, don’t form an opinion of the state from that, that is not what WV is like.

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- Chet Hempstead
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 2:11am
  Are the people in these shows not actually from West Virginia? Did the producers have to remove any brain tissue from their skulls against their will to get them to engage in this behavior? Then neither you nor the Senator has a legitimate beef.’
  
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artimusprim
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 5:00pm
Alert the Media Senator Manchin is replused. As a WV resident I have been replused by Machns first step into politics. And now that he is our senator, I’m sure the he and the Rock will inslave us forever.

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1776freedomofspeech
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 3:57pm
Not the gov’ts business, regardless of party affiliation.

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wordweaver
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 3:47pm
Networks like MTV continue to pursue their agenda to desensitize the masses to greater and greater depravity with each passing year. Next season, it will be something even more outrageous. Good to see the senator call a spade a spade, even if it comes to nothing.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 3:34pm
Love it, Robert Byrd country and Democrats all! Anybody see TROLLMONGER in there?

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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 4:29pm
  Yeah RJJ, and the term “Redneck” I believe has a lot of history in the West Virginia coal mining country (union fighters designated by red bandanas) and was used as a description for factions within the Dem Party, they opposed those who made good $$ (todays OWS’rs).
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:08am
  Yes, yes, clearly elitist liberals rolling around in the mud. I thought you liked flyover country? I thought rural America was the real America.
  
  Here’s my dream – that one day one conservative will come up with one principle that they actually believe in.
  
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neverending
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 3:31pm
Just more of the filth that is so widely accepted. I am stunned that Manchin objects I would think he would be praising the little turds. The worse the language and actions the more they all just love it. Ah yes the parents did such a good job,

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valiant1776
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 3:23pm
Did we all see what happened to New Jersey’s shore after that abomination of a show called Jersey Shore aired?

Both West Virginia and New Jersey have a revelous night life centered around casinos. It invites drunkenness, wantonness, rebellious college kids, irresponsible parents, and financial ruin.

What do you expect will be the outcome when the American people once again decide to entertain their minds with the mockery of sin and fools?

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vic138
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 3:18pm
Let MTV make a show about inner city black youths. Get into the drugs, their gangs and what they think about white people. Of course, everyone would say that was racist. The only racial group you can have fun with is whites (either low income or high, nothing is allowed in the middle).

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- sligresda
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 11:51am
  that show is already on A&E…its called The First 48. :D
  
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ClaudeRains
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 3:17pm
I wouldn’t watch it. Who wants to see someone do it with his sister for crying out loud.

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Gourdy
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 3:05pm
As a white man, I find this and shows like Honey Boo Boo repulsive. I’m not sure how widely this crap is seen outside the US, but I shudder to think how the rest of the world views us after watching shows like this.

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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 3:19pm
  You DO know there are White fellers outside of our country too right??
  
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- GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 4:52pm
  Don’t worry…Reality Tv is really full of crap everywhere. Randomly pick one show from any country and you will find the worst of that society. But, putting that aside, a relatively well informed person knows who is Snooki…..even though I haven’t watched the show (I never wanted to), I know who she is, and I’ve read some pretty funny (And sad at the same time) stories about her on Internet that also included short videos showing her “glamour” and “good manners”….
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 3:00pm
In my opinion, he should be calling for the banning of Jamie Foxx’s new movie “Django Unchained”, if he’s worried about what Americans are watching.
That violent, sick, twisted, racist movie, will create more Black on White violent crime. It’s being promoted as a comedy. It’s anything but a comedy. It’s a get even with Whitey movie.

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- Gourdy
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 3:13pm
  Quentin Tarantino’s movies are nearly all about revenge and cartoonish violence. I wouldn’t take this new one too seriously.
  
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- Kupo
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 9:45pm
  Les Miserables comes out same day. Far better movie to watch.
  
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- LeadNotFollow
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 1:58am
  GOURDY – Have you ever watched a Quentin Tarantino movie (Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill)?
  The violence in his movies is anything but cartoonish.
  It’s very cold, heartless, graphic, bloody, and gross, to the point of making viewers puke.
  
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YourVoiceMatters
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 2:59pm
I don’t like watching these types of shows…I’m embarrassed for these people who are so starved for or soooo like attention they will do anything to get it! Put a camera in front of them they will do practically anything! What does that say about them really?…It is usually of no consequence except to brand them forever as a fool…it is one thing to be goofy as kids we all do that, but to record it for posterity? well they really should think better of it! Someday they will have kids of their own and i am sure they will love having that floating around for them to experience….I think it is FAR worse than having your parents telling your kids the dumb stuff you did ~ now they can be armed with internet videos to really give them a ringside seat!! Good luck on that one something tells me they will need it!

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Walkabout
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 2:56pm
Low brow humor, honest & funnier than HeII

This is all pre_Agenda 21. Kids like these won’t be able to do these things after implementation. But the kids of the Pelosis, Reids, Obamas, Clintons & other dynastic offspring will.

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- Pantloadian
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:04am
  Yeah, and dancing is going to lead our young people straight to Hell.Pull the stick out of you arse, Wankabout.
  
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welovetheUSA
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 2:55pm
Dummying down of America started 40 years ago……..

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freeberty
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 2:52pm
Shouldn’t he be more worried on why Americans are losing money on the poor decisions of our leaders on Capital Hill.Memebers.

By the way MTV thanks you, Manchin for the ratings boost that you just gave the show.

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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 2:45pm
And a commercial break from the “Liberty Movement”…

Are you Buckwilder’s and Honey Boo Boo’rs feeling betrayed by our country trying to put a clamp down on your pronal freedoms and liberties to be the biggest imbeciles that you can possibly be??

Have no fear ! We have a snake oil, er, hemp plant right up your idiotic alleys !

Come here and take a hit ! Are you relaxed now?

Okay… let’s begin…

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sligresda
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 2:44pm
im sorry but i cant wait to see this show! i think it will provide many laughs while i workout on my elliptical.

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Gonzo
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 2:43pm
Let it play, the drooling idiots will eat it up. They need something to keep their minds off the reality that they have no future after voting for Obama twice. This is exactly the type of entertainment America deserves now.

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- sligresda
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 2:51pm
  i need some dumbing down after reading the news all day. the news makes me so angry that i just need to watch some mush once in awhile. geesh.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on December 8, 2012 at 3:09pm
  Yup. The show isnt the problem — its the people watching it. If you seriously have nothing better to do
  with your time you have more serious issues.
  
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toomuchgovt
Posted on December 8, 2012 at 2:40pm
Oh goodness – knock it off with the “it’s a safety issue”. Hannity said that too. My gosh don’t we remember monkey bars, riding bikes without helmets and yes doing things we all know we shouldn’t have. But if you were brought up knowing right from wrong all of us turned out okay. Even those Jersey shore kids are all okay, marriage with children now. Gosh leave it alone.

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- Pantloadian
  Posted on December 9, 2012 at 10:06am
  Hannity is the classic candyass conservative .. “Oh, gracious, golly wonkers Mr Wilson, I sure didn’t mean to scare you with my hobo Halloween costume.”
  
  Conservatives – grow a pair!
  
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