Dateline Predators
Dateline's been doing tons of shows on online predators. They get guys to come to their house to meet a young girl (is it always a girl? hmmmm) and then confront them with what they're doing. Then arrest them.
Are they doing a service? Are they catching people? Are they stopping others? Are they educating kids and parents?
Or are they enjoying this just a little too much? They seem to like quoting from the online conversations and showing blurred images of genitals.
One or two episodes, sure. But when you make it a regular feature.. just who is your audience?
And where are the female predators?
K Said,
September 22, 2006 @ 10:22 pm
They recently had a 'sting' of this sort in our area too.
Not that I advocate online predators, but I am ambivalent about this sort of behavior on the part of law enforcement. It seems like entrapment to me. And sometimes it's really questionable. One of the people they picked up in our area was a 20 year old who was talking to a supposed 17 year old. Um. Yeah. Really predatorial there, dudes. Parents should rest easy.