Transcript: 'Kid Nation' Critics Charge Neglect on Set

RENEE MONTAGNE
NPR Morning Edition
08-23-2007
'Kid Nation' Critics Charge Neglect on Set

Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time 10:00-11:00 AM


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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

There are concerns about a new reality show on CBS just weeks before it debuts. "Kid Nation" features 40 children on their own in the high desert of New Mexico, and there are questions about possible child endangerment and neglect on the set.

Gloria Hillard has this report.

GLORIA HILLARD: When you think about it, the controversy surrounding CBS's "Kid Nation" is headlined in the network's promotion of the show.

(Soundbite of TV show, "Kid Nation")

Unidentified Man: ...the youngest is eight and a half. Forty kids with no ...

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