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‘Video Vigilante’ Tries to Catch Alleged Child Predator
Skeet Hansen is part of a growing group of so-called "video vigilantes." Similar to Chris Hansen's "To Catch a Predator," video vigilantes set up online sting operations to catch alleged child ...
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‘Predators' Review: A Damning Look at the Legacy of ‘To Catch a Predator' Argues that We're All Complicit in America's Perverted Sense of Justice
Bumbling and unrehearsed where the OG Hansen was smoother than a used car salesman, the shoddiness of Skeet's operation only serves to underscore how transparently "To Catch a Predator" exploited ...
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The genre of influencers NBC's 'To Catch a Predator' spawned
Skeet Hansen: I’m Skeet Hansen with the Predatorial ... I mean, I guess that's the premise, of "To Catch a Predator" as well, but like, woof, this just, this is just like so problematic on ...
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America’s true-crime obsessions made ‘To Catch a Predator’ a massive hit — but there were red flags all along
Chris Hansen was the host of "To Catch A Predator," which is the subject of a new documentary at Sundance. Paul Martinka PARK CITY, Utah — On Nov. 5, 2006, police surrounded the home of Bill ...
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‘To Catch a Predator' Became a Ratings Sensation By Exposing Internet Sex Predators. A New Sundance Documentary Examines Its Complicated Legacy
Like many Americans in the early aughts, documentary filmmaker David Osit watched "To Catch a Predator," a hidden camera reality TV show that followed journalist Chris Hansen working in ...
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The Corruption and Scandal Behind Pedophile-Hunting Series ‘To Catch a Predator’
During its three-year run on NBC, “To Catch a Predator” turned busting online pedophiles into blockbuster TV. Was the show a quest for justice—or just sordid, exploitative TV? Entertainment ...
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Has ‘To Catch a Predator’ Done More Harm Than Good?
I’m Chris Hansen, this third party says by way of introduction ... when one of the fake-boys was enticing a predator to come to their house. He promised he would, but never showed.
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‘Predators’ Interview: How the ‘To Catch a Predator’ Series Delighted ‘in the Pain of Other People’
Director David Osit talks about how Chris Hansen's NBC series has spawned a universe of copycats and how it contributed to creating a less empathetic world. When “To Catch a Predator” aired as ...
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Sundance Documentary ‘Predators,’ an Exposé of ‘To Catch a Predator,’ Sells to MTV Documentary Films
In an interview with Variety, Osit referred “To Catch a Predator” as the “template for modern true crime TV.” In the decades since Hansen’s sting operations captivated the nation (for ...
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‘Predators’ Review: A Damning Look at the Legacy of ‘To Catch a Predator’ Argues that We’re All Complicit in America’s Perverted Sense of Justice
Bumbling and unrehearsed where the OG Hansen was smoother than a used car salesman, the shoddiness of Skeet’s operation only serves to underscore how transparently “To Catch a Predator ...
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‘To Catch a Predator’ Became a Ratings Sensation By Exposing Internet Sex Predators. A New Sundance Documentary Examines Its Complicated Legacy
Like many Americans in the early aughts, documentary filmmaker David Osit watched “To Catch a Predator,” a hidden camera reality TV show that followed journalist Chris Hansen working in ...