Queersetti
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Serial: I've Solved The Case
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lovetoread
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I cannot believe how many are making money from a girls death.
Queersetti
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Fewer than make money off of all those TV shows that examine criminal cases.
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If they do other stories, I'd be ok with it.
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Shows like NBC Dateline do nothing except delve into criminal cases, and in a much more sensationalistic way than Serial did. And I'd suspect that they make vastly more money off any single episode than NPR or anyone else involved with Serial made off of the whole endeavor.
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Is it less wrong if you make less money at it?
I'm not saying that it is wrong at all (or not). I'm just not sure what you're getting at.
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The American way.
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I'm not sure you can say any news outlet isn't making money as the result of any crime they report. Should they not report crime?
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John Doe
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You seem to be saying that as if it's a bizarre idea.
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I am not saying it's right or wrong. I am just curious as to why she'd be offended that NPR, a non-profit organization, would cover a murder case and that people would peripherally make some money from it, while other media outlets make many millions doing the same thing in a more sensationalist manner.
Queersetti
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It's very good for those who don't expect any easy answers to things.
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John Doe
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So it's very good?
Queersetti
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Could be. But Noone is right, if that's the case, they shouldn't cover any other crime stories as well, and she said she'd be OK with them covering this case if they did other stories, so she's got me confused.
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It's good, but I'm hesitant to say it's "good entertainment", if you know what I mean.
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The non profit part got to me, yes.
Also, they didn't bother to involve the family of this girl til after a ruckus was made about it. Then they decided to talk to them and start fundraising via the audience once it was pointed out. Had they decided to help because the family needed answers, than that would have been great.
If this was NBC doing a Dateline special, then one would expect that it would be a means to an ends, but the NPR?
Also, they didn't bother to involve the family of this girl til after a ruckus was made about it. Then they decided to talk to them and start fundraising via the audience once it was pointed out. Had they decided to help because the family needed answers, than that would have been great.
If this was NBC doing a Dateline special, then one would expect that it would be a means to an ends, but the NPR?
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Is it good art?
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OK, I get what you're saying about NPR.
But I don't get your point about the family. A media outlet shouldn't cover a possible miscarriage of justice unless the victim's family supports it? Because if that's a requirement, it will never happen.
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Yes, I'd say so. It's a compelling story that held my interest throughout and gave me a great deal of food for thought.
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Okay. Thanks. I'll check it out.
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It is a bizarre idea that newspapers don't cover crime.
Are newspapers making money off Bernie Madoff's victims because they covered his crime? Are they making money off holocaust victims because they wrote about the liberation of concentration camps? I don't have any idea what the alternative would be?
