I dare you to start reading this and not get utterly sucked into the story.
http://www.esquire.com/features/predator0907
It's Esquire magazine's lead feature on NBC's Dateline series called "To Catch a Predator," in which they set up stings for pedophiles.
So many media ethics angles here. Where would you like to begin?
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Esquire and "To Catch a Predator"
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Well, that left a bad taste in my mouth. Kudos to the author, though. Not everyone could write a story engaging enough to keep reading while knowing how it's going to end.
Ah, but Dateline.... This is right up their alley. They're like Jerry Springer for prime time. Anyway--
Where to begin? I think genuine journalism would have been reporters following a police investigation rather than being instigators and inviting police to join in. They're not reporting news, they're creating something to report on, and they're doing it in a sensational fashion. It certainly goes beyond "watchdog."
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