Were You Also Fooled Into Thinking That These Reality TV Shows Are Authentic?

Published on 08/30/2020
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Paternity Court

Is Paternity Court a staged production? All televised ‘courts’ are pre-recorded. It’s not a court, and it’s a binding arbitration in which the arbitrator is paid from advertising sales rather than arbitration costs because the binding arbitration will be televised. The two people are real. They signed a contract with the station and production business, and they are entitled to no more than $5,000 in compensation, with the possibility of receiving nothing if the Judge determines they are simply trying to scam the system.

Paternity Court

Paternity Court

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