You put real people in un-real situations, it's not reality. Add in the manipulation and "stirring of the pot", by the producers, and you get sensationalized quasi-reality.

Sine about three-quarters of what is filmed ends up on the editing room floor, even with alleged "LIVE" shows, there is more editing to these than most sit-coms or dramas combined.

In addition, there are many instances in which what is shown as occurring between contestants can be taken out of context or out of sequence in order to influence or like or dislike of certain individuals. This is done both to make it interesting as well as to make it seem more exciting or dramatic than it actually is...

The current season of Big Brother has had a few sequences of people discussing/arguing/debating things and these sequences include clips of people reacting or responding that occurred days or hours before or after the incident.

Yeah they have great actors on those shows. You know for a fact that all the sick Americans are not going to go on a show and talk about what happened to them or what they did they know its too embarassing.