discourses referring to the media production of reality tv seem to resemble reality. simulations of space and time, the uncontrolled actions of participants, real-life events, ordinary people participating - everything seems to be real enough. the frequency of the broadcasts in weekly tv programs and the closeness and familiarity of audiences with the tv characters create this hyperreality and ultimately, yes, the simulacrum is true. media reality has succeeded over time in being totally incorporated into society. in the era of media realities, the prototype, the mediation and its reflection are inseparable. there is a unique inversion going on that is no longer understood as such; instead of questioning media reality and to what degree it is objective, we question whether our empirical reality complies adequately with its media equivalent. this alone is sufficient evidence that media are in a prominent position to define truth.