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The maudlin tale of Susan Boyle, the spinster chanteuse from Scotland who has been a viral hit on YouTube for the last seven weeks, was selected as the closing item by both CBS and NBC. CBS' Richard Roth even went so far as to call Boyle "a genuine celebrity." A contestant on the Britain's Got Talent reality gameshow, she was voted into second place behind a multicultural dance troupe. NBC's Dawna Friesen repeated reports of her not eating or sleeping properly, collapsing in tears, throwing liquids, cursing at staffers and "acting strangely" before being admitted for psychiatric care "exhausted and emotionally drained."
Britain's Got Talent may be investigated by media regulators for exploiting Boyle's vulnerability "for the sake of ratings," NBC's Friesen added. If they made that illegal, the entire reality genre would implode.
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