By Eric King-
Jeremy Kyle and other programme makers could be prosecuted for deceiving participants with a lie detector test that was so inaccurate, it should never have been used.
The show made a lot of money based on a lie detector test used as an instrument to assess the honesty of individuals accused of cheating. In many cases, those allegedly cheated on were encouraged to leave the cheat.
Participants were told the lie detector tests were not 100% accurate, but they were given good reasons to believe the tests were dependable enough to act upon.. Programme makers were yesterday branded ”irresponsible” by Mps over the scandal . Mps heard that contestants were told the lie detector tests were not 100% accurate, but did not know how inaccurate the tests were.
New revelations that the tests were only 66% accurate questions the integrity of the whole programme’s team. Chairman of the DMCS Committee, Damian Collins MP, said experts say the tests are only around 66% accurate and show bosses should know more about their accuracy.
The margin of error is too wide to pass off as insignificant because of the potential damage the tests have on people’s lives. It is no wonder Itv discontinued the show after the death of a contestant, a decision that would have been unnecessary if the show’s lie detector test was reliable or even close. In one particular episode of Kyle’s show aired this year The Eye Of Media.Com was shown a recording today in which presenter, Jeremy Kyle, even claimed the lie detector test was 97% accurate. The contestant who failed the test and insisted it was wrong, asking about ”the other 3%”, but Kyle insisted he was a liar
Graham Stanier, Director of Aftercare, The Jeremy Kyle Show, admitted to a panel of MPs grilling programme makers that some contestants failed the tests when they were truthful about their claims about their relationships. He told Mps: “Some people will fail the test yet be telling the truth. They are told that before taking the test. I’m naive about the figures for accuracy.”
Tom McLennan, Jeremy Kyle Show Executive Producer, said he did not know the accuracy range of the tests used by the programme, which was cancelled by ITV following Mr Dymond’s suicide. However, he weakly claimed the show had been clear with participants that the tests were not 100% accurate.
‘“We are always very clear with participants before recording that the tests are not 100 per cent accurate,” he said. The popular day time show was axed after the death of a contestant [ITV]“The lie detector is designed to indicate whether someone is being deceptive. The people who take the tests are viewers(ungrammatical: meant to say ‘were viewers who[had watched] watch the programme.