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“How’s Your News?” – WTF!?!?!!!?!?
You read correctly. MTV will air the six-episode series that picks up the “How’s Your News?” banner from the acclaimed documentary and short film series about mentally and physically handicapped adults reporting on a random assortment of topics in the intimate, man-on-the-street format. The show will air starting February 8th, along with two other shows that amazingly have no ties to “The Hills,” “The Real World,” or Bam Margera.
‘News’ was originally created at Camp Jabberwocky, a Martha’s Vineyard-based camp for handicapped adults. Trey Parker and Matt Stone caught wind of their short films and offered to executive produce a feature-length doc.
MTV‘s show synopsis says that their crew will report from the Grammys and SXSW on a few episodes. While we’re excited to see the ‘News’ program gain more support and a wider audience, we wonder if MTVs main style of programming hasn’t dumbed tweens down enough that they don’t “get” the show and think they’re just supposed to laugh at the reporters. Cross your fingers and pray that the youth of America’s got a brain cell or two left lying around to help them appreciate the show.
