LAST EDITED ON 09-18-08 AT 11:46 AM (EST)

I've heard that there's always at least a little bit of truth in every rumor. And with some rumors, I think there's a lot of truth.

I found out about the heavy-handed meddling by the producers of the Big Brother show, when I read a post on this board. Big Brother is classified as "entertainment," not a game show; so the producers aren't breaking any rules by fixing competitions, for example.

If what goes on behind the scenes is supposedly so innocent, why are they not allowed to write tell-all books or talk about what goes on in the diary room?

At the time of the first Survivor, someone told me that boxes of fruit were given to the castaways by the staff. I don't know how this person found this information out. Also, during a rainstorm, the metal container with the rice washed away down a rain-swollen river. By the end of the episode, the metal container was visible on some branches in the river. I think someone on the production staff put it there: you can't let the castaways starve!

When Mario Lopez didn't win Dancing with the Stars, I was surprised: Lopez is a good dancer, and is popular. I read in the National Enquirer, that the show is rigged. I know the Enquirer is just a tabloid, but many, if not most, of the Enquirer's investigations have proved to be true.

I read that the Bachelor usually knows which woman he wants at the beginning of the season. I also read that the producers make suggestions to the Bachelor, about which other women to keep on the show. There was one woman whose parents refused to meet the Bachelor. This woman knew before the show started, that her parents wouldn't meet the Bachelor. There was a home date with that particular woman. I think it was the producer's choice: for the purpose of ratings.