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The reality television industry faces a reckoning regarding the ethics of casting individuals with histories of volatile behavior, specifically following the cancellation of a new season of The Bachelorette featuring Taylor Frankie Paul. New York Magazine features writer Rebecca Jennings examines how networks leverage ...