SAT's essay question turned into creative writing exercise

Is this a question worthy of asking (or answering) on the SATs?:

Reality television programs, which feature real people engaged in real activities rather than professional actors performing scripted scenes, are increasingly popular. These shows depict ordinary people competing in everything from singing and dancing to losing weight, or just living their everyday lives. Most people believe that the reality these shows portray is authentic, but they are being misled. How authentic can these shows be when producers design challenges for the participants and then editors alter filmed scenes?

Do people benefit from forms of entertainment that show so-called reality, or are such forms of entertainment harmful?

Oh good grief.

Can ANY form of entertainment be considered "harmful"?  There's a can of worms is one that has had psychologists and sociologists arguing for decades since CPE Bach invented the Sonata Form and his father, J.S., yelled back "turn that crap down!".

The arguments that a form of entertainment is harmful are, generally, just made up (as anybody who grew up watching the Tipper Gore rock album stickers hearings on TV saw). It is a "creative writing" exercise at best, as for anybody who prefers to base their written opinions on actual well-known facts (or even an existing text such as an analysis of a Shakespeare play) there is simply nothing to go on here. Anything written would get a historian or journalist yelling back "citation, please", and of course there would be none to give.