AIBU to think that Jeremy Kyle gives deliberately wrong lie detector results?

[ImNotBeingUnreasonable]

I admit now that I'm being unreasonable watching the show in the first place, but...

Sometimes when I watch it and people swear blind that they were telling the truth and when it turns out it was a lie they look so confused and upset and it seems to be these times that Jeremy Kyle gives them a hard time and calls them everything under the sun. Obviously some people must lie but now and then I think the show changes the results.

Today for instance, the test said a woman was lying but she really looked confused and kept muttering under her breath in confusion that she hadn't done anything whilst Jeremy called her a 'dirty little liar' and said things like 'are you going to cry now!?' until her partner stormed off and kicked a door.

AIBU to think that sometimes the results are skewed to antagonise the guests even more and make for a more interesting show?

I think if I had parents that had ever been on JK, the last thing I'd be worried about would be suing some TV company.

I've never really liked this show, but watch it from time to time as it can be background noise when getting ready in the morning.

What I REALLY don't like about it now is that they parade the children around and say "LOOK AT THAT BABY!!!" all the time. They never used to do that, the children were kept private, and I had a little respect for that fact.

'adults can't sue for what choices there [sic] parents made.'

I don't think that's strictly true actually.

I'd be furious with my parents if I was a child whose parentage had been used as entertainment. Having said that, the people who make the JK show are manipulating their 'guests' who often look vulnerable and easily led.

The point I'm making is that once these children reach 18 they may object to having been used as entertainment in this way.

JK always says that if some of the questions's results are accurate (e.g. the guest is saying they never cheated and the test says they haven't had sexual contact but have kissed someone, guest then says sexual contact Q result is accurate and other faulty) then the guest can't claim that the test is faulty, but surely the 96% accuracy (or whatever it is) means one in every 25 times the lie detector attempts to detect lies, it fails? So, if 5 guests are asked 5 questions each, one question's result will be inaccurate? Or is it that one in 25 test subjects has all their questions' results wrong?

I agree that the lie detetctor tests are probably quite inaccurate but I disagree that the DNA tests are a bad thing. Yes, finding out on a trashy talk show isn't the best way to establish parentage but most of the guests probably couldn't afford to have it done privately and surely it's better for the child that they find out who the father is at an early age as secrets and uncertainties can seriously damage the child and their relationship with their parents if they find out later in life that their father isn't who they thought it was.

I tend to think that if your relationship has reached a point where you need a JK lie detector test, it's time to pack it in regardless of the results.

Darkling.

You don't have to go on to a tv show to have a dna test done ...

I watched that show this morning. She looked guilty to me. Sometimes it does look like the lie detector results are done for a reaction. The guy this morning however looked like he wasnt supposed to put his foot through the door. It just looked like he was meant to kick it open but missed the door panel and hit the glass. I do not believe that anything on the Television is real so maybe theydo change the results.

Lie detector tests are only 60-80% accurate at best. And people can be trained to give right answers, wrong answers or merely confusing ones, and even an "expert" examiner would not know the difference.

If they were ever any good they'd be admissible in court, which they aren't.

I know you don't have to go on TV for DNA but I think they cost £££ to have done privately although I could be wrong never having had the need for one, and generally the JK guests don't seem to have spare cash for private testing, most of them are unemployed which JK seems to take pleasure in berating them for.

In my opinion, if it's a choice between a JK sponsored DNA test or not done at all then JK would win every time, anyway it's not like you will recognise the kids walking down the street in a few years is it, who will actually know or care that their parents appeared on JK in 18 years time?

Ok.
Backs away from thread very, very slowly....

Lie detector tests are not as accurate as they claim to be. Otherwise they would be admissable in court but they're not.

'dirty little liar'
'are you going to cry now!?'
'do you want me to drag you off the stage?'
He sounds appalling!

Thebest - completely agree with you, and have made the same point myself re:Human Rights and public paternity testing.

Vile bullying creature, that man is.

This episode of the show showed Jeremy Kyle for what he really is. "A Bully". The young lady looked like she was in shock when the results were read out to her. Jeramy was belittling her and getting the young lad more upset. The young lad looked upset when he came on to the show in the 1st place. These shows are always edited to make them more sensationalised.

I agree with ImNotBeingUnreasonable the girl looked innocent but she also looked like she was upset about what Jeremy was saying about her. The lad looked like he was just kicking the door open just to get out not trashing the place.

I hope these 2 young people can sort themselves out as they look like any other teenagers that would be in any other town or city and not like the usual scum that are on the show.

My only experience of the Jeremy Kyle show is thus: sometime ago I phoned the Jeremy Kyle show for help, due to unforeseen circumstances I was unable to go further, so you can imagine my surprise when some 3 months later when I was called by the show more or less demanding that I should go on the show, as I said then to the researcher, I consider your unasked for intrusion in my private life unwelcome....

Zombie thread.

I can't stand to have this programme on . He's abusive , he shouts at people and refers to women as birds.

No Mandatory, thread for zombies.

Watching JK used to be my guilty pleasure but recently I've found myself watching it and thinking what a smug, self-righteous nasty bastard he can be sometimes!

The tests work by asking your questions like your name etc then asking you complete opposite to see how you react.

So should be clear cut - obviously you can mess up the tests on purpose, things like the thumbtack in the shoe, pinching your self etc.

Though I have wondered if you were high or drunk then your recollection would be that one, not the truth if it was something else?

Wouldn't the show have to defend the validity of it's claims if a viewer were to request proof?, otherwise wouldn't the broadcasting watch dogs make them issue a disclaimer?, if any one knows the rules I'd be quite willing to give it a try :)