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New York Times on To Catch a Predator

By Corey Rayburnyung

The Times has a very interesting article about To Catch a Predator and the suicide that resulted during a raid. The article really focuses on a point that I think is the genuine problem with the show - the coordination between private and public actors:Each party to the bargain compromises its professional standards. Rather than hold police accountable, ?Dateline? becomes their partners ? and may well prod them to more invasive and outrageous actions than they had planned. When Mr. Conradt did not show up at the ?sting house? ? the usual ?To Catch a Predator? format ? producers allegedly asked police as a ?favor? to storm his home. Ms. Conradt contends that the show encourages police ?to give a special intensity to any arrests, so as to enhance the camera effect...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 10, 2008 (boomark / email).