Posted on 08/14/2007 4:27:34 AM PDT by Dudoight
The show was an instant success. It lured would-be child-sex predators to a public shaming, delivered by a handsome host. Ratings, awards and even praise from members of Congress followed. But now Dateline NBC's "To Catch a Predator" series is taking heat. And so is the police chief of the Collin County town that hosted it eight months ago. The troubles stem from the show's visit to Murphy, where more than 20 people were arrested but escaped prosecution because of evidence problems. Also a former district attorney ensnared in the sting shot himself.
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I hate those anti-white male ba$tards at NBC. I hope they lose those lawsuits.
Right! And no offense anyone, but these aren't the sharpest knives in the drawer, getting caught.
The standard of “What Makes Good TV” and the standard of evidence required in court are two very different things. NBC is recklessly ruining lives without meeting any kind of an objective standard.
I know, coming out against NBC on this is like coming out in favor of puppy-kicking...
Sex is a powerful drive that makes people do stupid and evil things if they have no conscience.
I did wonder if this wasn't some sort of entrapment.
Hardly.
I undertand your feeling ... but let me get this straight - you would favor the child predator over the smarmy network who overreached?
“I undertand your feeling ... but let me get this straight - you would favor the child predator over the smarmy network who overreached?”
MERCY! MERCY!
I have not finished my morning coffee and you, you heartless monster, brought back repressed memories of the last time I walked into a voting booth and faced a similarly disgusting choice./sarc
It is not an either/or proposition. I support the police doing their job to deal with the child predator. But because I favor that does not mean I have to condone a smarmy network that overreached.
I condemn them both.
But, if forced to choose, I will favor the man accused of being a child predator who still has the presumption of innocence until conviction.
As much as I detest the MSM, I thought, for once, they were doing a good thing by exposing these predators.
I may be wrong but my first impression is that it depends on ‘whose ox is being gored’. A member of government gets caught and lawsuits start flying.
Things really started heating up when NBC hounded a man to the point of suicide.
I have no sympathy for any of the people who showed up for those stings. They were clearly there to have sex with children. The only thing sicker than that is a society that would allow lawsuits on their behalf, including the lawsuit by the sister of the former prosecutor who killed himself. Who gives a sht. He showed up to have sex with children. That’s why he killed himself. Entrapment? Maybe. But you can’t get entrapped if you don’t want to have sex with children.
This “show” is horrible and as pandering as you can get... while I am all for getting perv’s off the street, the “reporter” is going to wind up with a bullet in his head sooner or later. He’s going to come out from behind a closed door with that smug look on his face to “confront” someone, only to find someone whos armed, realizes his life is now over, and commits a murder suicide while NBC’s hidden cameras catch it all.
I am sure it gets high ratings, but its only a matter of time until something like this happens.
the presumption of innocenceThey all showed up! To have sex with children! Only a moron or an EU bureaucrat would have trouble understand those situations. Did you watch the show?
You say that like it would be a bad thing.
You posted: Things really started heating up when NBC hounded a man to the point of suicide.
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Perhaps this man committed suicide because he was caught attempting to have sex with a minor. I don’t care that much for the technique NBC used in its show but these guys are perverts seeking sex from teenaged girls
I find it hard to muster much sympathy for them even as opposed to NBC
A member of government gets caught and lawsuits start flying.Exactly. No one cared when the Rabbi (rightfully) lost his job. But when a former prosecutor (maybe even a personal friend of Johnny Sutton!) shows up to have sex with children, suddenly it's the show's fault. That's one of the biggest pile of steaming BS to come out of the legal community to date.
That is nonsense. The perps are ruining their OWN lives by their bad behavior.
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Though I've never watched the show it would seem to me these men recklessly ruined their own lives.
Let's say you receive your bank statement and see a deposit for $100 that you didn't make. If you choose to spend it, you know it's theft (no matter how you try to justify it).
Turns out that the bank made an error in your account months ago and they were simply correcting it. Spending it, therefore, is not a crime.
Dateline is essentially depositing money in checking accounts and filming who spends it. These sexual predators weren't committing any actual crime -- no children were involved at any time -- they simply thought they were.
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