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They are PAYING policemen and this group of activists to film them. Most of these cases have been thrown out of court, and in one case, an alleged molester KILLED HIMSELF when police raided his house after Dateline got them to perform the raid when he didn't show up for his rendezvous with the "14 year old girl".

The activists, posing as 14 y/o's in chat rooms, are frequently soliciting sex rather than waiting to be solicited.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/nbc-datelines-c.html


Oh, and coming soon to your TV? To Catch A Car Thief and To Catch An Identity Thief.

And here's a GREAT parody video embedded at the end of the article!

Date: 2007-08-10 10:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greyweirdo.livejournal.com
Rolling Stone just did a similar article, with more depth since they had more space.

Date: 2007-08-10 12:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thewayne.livejournal.com
Ah, thanks for the link! I subscribed to RS at one point, they had some excellent journalism. But there is so much crap music and crap musicians that I simply got really tired of the magazine.

Date: 2007-08-10 02:09 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] deborak
I find programs of this sort utterly reprehensible.

Date: 2007-08-11 12:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thewayne.livejournal.com
Agreed. Law enforcement is the job of law enforcement professionals, i.e., the police, at whatever skill level that they possess. I don't have a problem with TV news revealing shady car repairs or things like that, but shoddy investigation and entrapment destroys lives and they already have one death of a person who was never accused, much less convicted, of a crime.

Maybe I need to rent Network, sadly, it's pretty much accurate now.

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