The last week I’ve seen a number of other personal finance blogs announcing that CNBC is looking for people to interview for a documentary on consumer spending and debt.  (Such as BloggingAwayDebt and PaidTwice.)

What’s it about?

Here’s the block quote that I’ve seen:

CNBC Business Television is looking for someone who is, or was, in debt (about $30,000 or more) and is interested in being interviewed for a documentary that will address consumer spending and debt.We specifically need someone who can speak about their own personal experience with overspending associated with credit cards, home equity lines, etc. as opposed to debt due to student loans, job loss or major life events.

The documentary is being produced by the same team that created the Peabody and duPont award-winning “The Age of Wal-Mart,” and will air on CNBC prime-time this spring.

Please contact Lauren Kesner at CNBC- (201) 735-2370 - if you are interested in possibly participating. You can also send an email to lauren.kesner@nbcuni.com.

My thoughts on it

As much as it sounds like a lot of fun, and I seriously think I could qualify to be chosen…I’d just rather not put my family in the spotlight of national media.  I freely admit that we’ve been pretty stupid to end up in our current situation, but that doesn’t mean I want to brag about my stupidity to the nation. 

Photo by ptimer

Also, I’ve been featured in a couple of local news stories before.  Neither time did I think the final product turned out as I’d expected it would.  Our statements were edited to really fall in place with the reporter’s agenda, not tell the story as we told it.  I’d rather not be part of a report that could try to show us as a family trying to blame society or the government for OUR stupidity.  Not that I think that’s the objective, it’s just that I don’t leave myself susceptible to these types of scenarios because it could be.

My story will be told to the world right here, and with some kind of animosity.

How about you?

Would you want to do something like this?  I’m curious how many of you that actually believe you could qualify for it would actually WANT to try it out?  How many of you would want to try it if you even COULD qualify for it?  Thoughts/concerns anyone?