BARBIZON: Readers Dispute Dateline Expose
April 14, 2009 by Sean Kelly
Filed under Business
Yesterday’s post (BARBIZON: Dateline NBC’s Scathing Expose) about the Dateline NBC undercover expose on the franchised Barbizon Modeling & Acting Centers provoked some strong reactions from FranchisePick.com readers.
One woman claims that footage of her daughter was shown on the Dateline NBC spot without her or her daughter’s permission. She claims that Barbizon and IMTA are making her daughter’s dreams of being a model come true. Fran Private writes:
Our daughter was shown several times on a Dateline episode on Sunday, 4-12-09, which featured a negative story against Barbizon and the IMTA convention. Contrary to the story line of disappointment and scams, …read more




