When news shows attack: 20/20 vs. To Catch a Predator -- Update

the almighty youtube has the full episode of 20/20 Exposé :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyUImLx1BQQ

Chris Hansen should be really ashamed of himself
http://www.esquire.com/print-this/hansen-transcript

Brian Ross should retire and move to Italy to live with Cardinal Bernard Law of the Boston Archdiocese...they have a lot in common.

In the words of John Stossel...GIVE ME A BREAK!

Saying that 20/20 is jealous sounds so familiar. A thread at PJ is full of that bull except it was about a network itself. Jealously is for children and those who accuse others of it are also behaving like children themselves. I am sure that 20/20 (who by the way is very professional and a true news media and been around since 1978, as opposed to Dateline in 1992) will at least inform the public about the truth and put questions as to PJ/Dateline's credibility and real worth.


And remember. Just because it isnt endorsed by Perverted-Justice or Dateline does not mean it is worthless.

I was wondering if you could give me some info. on a show stone phillips did on 20 20 about sixty days ago about internet poker cheators that can look at other peoples cards and make the cards to change with the flop, turn and river?

Whether or not 20/20 is trying to snag ratings from Dateline, which seems unlikely, it will be intresting to see what their stance is. Perverted Justice is a malignant organization of zealots that are using sensationalism to create a scare tactic in the nation. Dateline is only further enabling the public's mass hysteria. Chris Hansen's career has skyrocketed at the cost of how many lives? At least one suicide, and how many years will people do behind bars? I'm not pro-pedophilia, not by any means, but this "show" is morally wrong. They've twisted the 1st Amendment into a shield that they cower behind, and it sickens me.

20/20 is just jealous. Had they approached Perverted Justice first they would be the ones with a hit series and be responsible for educating the masses of this epidemic.

As for the Rolling Stone article being "even handed"... hardly. The whole story was 1 sided and left out important information that would have put parts of the story in context.

If you are interested in reading more about the Perverted-Justice/Dateline fiascos, visit www.corrupted-justice.com.

I don't know... it sounds kind of like 20/20 desperately trying to stay relevent to me...

Oreo, whether you are on "Dateline's side" or not, the whole business of the Bill Conradt Jr. stank like last month's catch of the day. The guy doesn't go to the so-called "sting house" (for whatever reason) so the Dateline producers and the cops go to his home. The cops don't have either a search warrant or an arrest warrant or viable grounds to get either so anything that is accomplished by this "visit" would get thrown out of court if he had a halfway competent lawyer. They're just lucky that he turned the gun on himself instead of on them. This show and its running buddies at Perverted Justice are playing fast and loose with the legal system and should be recognised as the sort of vigilantes who cause far more problems than they resolve.

Varun,
If you don't think that one news organization should go after another in cases where there may be wrong doing who do you think should? The government can't police news organizations because of the 1st Amendment.