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What does catching a ‘predator’ on TV really accomplish?

NBC aired the episode, complete with classic early aughts, tabloid-TV montage editing (think: quick cuts, a Hansen soundbite, people in uniforms running). The prosecutor’s surviving sister sued NBC ...
WSOC-TV

Channel 9 joins undercover investigation to catch online predators targeting children

CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. — Online predators are targeting children every day in the United States -- Channel 9 got an inside look with an undercover operation to find these predators, and it turned out ...
NPR

A new documentary raises questions about the true crime TV show 'To Catch A Predator'

A new documentary looks at the true crime TV program "To Catch A Predator" and its copycats. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with filmmaker David Osit about some of the uncomfortable questions "Predators" ...
Variety

How Hours of Unedited ‘To Catch a Predator’ Footage Shaped ‘Predators,’ a Doc That Connects Chris Hansen to America’s True Crime Addiction

“My life may be crappy, but at least I’m not on TV.” That’s one explanation for the mass appeal of “To Catch a Predator” put forth by a subject in “Predators,” a new documentary about the mid-aughts ...
WUNC

A new documentary raises questions about the true crime TV show 'To Catch A Predator'

Before we hear this next interview, a heads-up - it includes a discussion about child sex offenders and a mention of suicide. HANSEN: Would you have a seat over in that chair, please? RASCOE: That's ...