![]() While the lie detector is hardly flawless it is the best tool available but still should not be considered by any means a mind reader. ![]() They also have to put up with shocking twist, like when Cleri was read a question by her ex, Frank.Ī polygraph is not a perfect tool that magically detects lies. Contestants are just not aware of the results. ![]() “I didn’t have any idea of the scope until afterward.”Īll the questions are answered in advance when the player is connected to a polygraph. “They research your whole life,” says Christie Youssef, 22, who admitted she’s a virgin in the second episode. According to an article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, “Contestants’ friends and family are interrogated thoroughly. Host Mark Walberg even asked the contestant to stop but who knows if that is a genuine plea or merely a part of his job.Ĭontestants know what they are signing up for and should hardly act surprised about the results. The crowd could tell Monday that Cleri was going to be honest even if it ended her two year marriage to Frank Cleri. Players do not consider that fact they could lose their jobs, their spouse or worse. They have cheated on their spouses, stole from their jobs, admitted to gambling problems and much more.Ĭontestants are so mesmerized by the chance to be on television and the thought of half a million dollars that they are willing to embarrass themselves and put themselves in ruin. That is fine and dandy but contestants have led anything but exemplary lives. The show pits contestants against a polygraph and they are rewarded for telling the truth. USA Today said it correctly when they stated, “ pursues bad taste with a zeal unrivaled in the industry”.
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