"Source Decay" is a science fiction short story by Charlie Jane Anders.
[1] The story's title was named after the Mountain Goats song "Source Decay" from their 2002 album All Hail West Texas.
[2] Over the centuries, an episode of the reality television program Infidelity Squad is constantly being remade and adapted for a variety of futuristic mediums as space elevator installations and "metapoem".
Locus Online's Lois Tilton was critical of the short story stating "The premise has been done before, and the humor is labored.
"[3] Tangent Online's Rena Hawkins reviewed it saying "I 'get' the idea contained within the story; that even a mundane reality TV episode can be so blown out of proportion by the media and obsessed viewers that it takes on meaning and significance it never possessed to begin with.