I still remain unconvinced it was ILLEGAL (or should be for that matter)

It's tv, it's entertainment, that's what it is. So the show was set up for dramatic effect.... so? Why should the government or courts get involved at all in this? If people become mad and don't like it, guess what, DONT WATCH IT!!!! Or probably some competitor will show up and be like, "hey, we have 'honest' shows without setups" and get more of an audience!

My point is, government involvement in this is just retarded. Plus, they end up sending some of the guys involved to jail for perjury... which means they go to jail for lying about something that wasn't a crime to begin with (similar to baseball drug controversy right now).

Am I the only one that thinks this is a bit ridiculous? That the government has WAY too much power as it is? That if you have a problem with something, maybe bringing the government into it isn't necessarily the best solution?