CBS Has No Plans to Pull Controversial Reality Show The Briefcase

Exploiting a choice between greed and benevolence

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Is it possible to offend people from all walks of life while simultaneously helping families who are experiencing financial setbacks?

It seems CBS' new series The Briefcase is doing just that. 

The show features struggling American families, one of which is gifted a briefcase containing $101,000. But the windfall comes with a catch. The recipients are given information on another family, struggling as badly, if not worse. Some have children with disabilities. Some are wounded military veterans.

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