NEW YORK (AFP)An NBC television reality show featuring US celebrities competing in quasi-military drills is coming under fire from Nobel laureates and other critics who say the idea trivialises a deadly serious subject. Nine Nobel prize winners have called on the network to cancel the program, titled “Stars Earn Stripes,” which debuted Monday hours after a protest outside NBC’s offices in New York.
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The contest focuses on eight celebrities paired with military troops who put them through exercises and pseudo “missions” that are supposed to resemble the real thing endured by US soldiers.
