Jon and Kate Announcement a Money-Making Ploy

Jon and Kate announcement generates buzz

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If you watch TLC, there’s no doubt you’ve seen the teases for the one-hour special “Jon and Kate Announcement” that will air in place of a regular “John & Kate Plus 8″ episode on June 22.

With the insane amount of media attention this family has gotten lately, this John and Kate announcement is sure to get tons of viewers — and tons of advertising dollars. Any advertiser seeking money to fund a commercial during the Jon and Kate announcement no doubt got some easy loans.

An opinionated public

Viewers, who will no doubt tune in to the John and Kate announcement Monday, have plenty of opinions about the Gosselin family. One of the big controversies has been whether the TV show exploits their children.

With all of the money the show draws, it is a full-time job for Jon and Kate, so it can certainly be argued that it is a full-time job for their children. With the kids on camera all the time, generating all kinds of money and paychecks for all kinds of people, it certainly can be argued that their kids are working a pretty rigorous schedule.

Connecting the dots

So, if the TV show generates tons of money through what some might argue is “child labor,” is that legal. Well, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor is currently investigating that. So, if the Jon and Kate announcement is an extension of that, should you tune in?

I don’t know whether the children will be in the special Jon and Kate announcement episode, but the fact that it’s an hour long makes me think that they probably will. What are Jon and Kate going to announce for an hour? ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Jon and Kate Announcement a Money-Making Ploy"