By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press PUBLISHED: 09:29 EST, 8 December 2012 | UPDATED: 12:12 EST, 8 December 2012 U.S. Senator Joe Manchin is asking MTV to cancel the West Virginia-based reality show Buckwild that's set to air next year. The program is due to begin on January 3 in the slot previously occupied by Jersey Shore. Manchin's office said Friday that he sent a letter to the president of the network saying the show profits off the 'poor decisions of our youth.' Scroll down for video 'Repulsed': West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has claimed that MTV are 'preying' on the youth of his state
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Joe Manchin describes Buckwild as a 'travesty', playing to 'ugly, inaccurate stereotypes'
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Program features West Virginia teenagers swearing, drinking and using a pickup truck as a swimming pool
'As a proud @placeholder, I am writing to formally request that you put a stop to the travesty called Buckwild,' wrote Manchin.