to catch a predator

[Death God]

so last night me and my pop watched dateline when they did to catch a predator and once again people showed up to a house in hopes to score with an under aged kid but got arrested and put on television.

now WHY do people keep showing up to a complete strangers house even though now there is a BIG chance that they will run into dateline and get arrested? some people are soooo stupid man!!

what they should do is just shoot them with paint ball guns when they come through the door? that would get the point across!

or get that crazy motivational speaker from maury to yell at them when they get there. or have Mr.T yell at them when they get there.

[TheShinje]

[color=crimson] There will still be a greater chance that there is actually an underage kid there, as opposed to a Dateline bust. I guess it's worth the risk to them.[/color]

[vegeta rocker]

You also can't forget the fact that it's probably fake.

It may be real but most reality television isn't.

Just people making it up as they go along, since reality tv was born from the great writers strike networks had to fill in the gaps of actual screenwritten shows.

So there is a strong possibility that it is fake, but who knows? Some could be real.

[Semjaza]

[QUOTE=vegeta rocker]You also can't forget the fact that it's probably fake.

It may be real but most reality television isn't.

Just people making it up as they go along, since reality tv was born from the great writers strike networks had to fill in the gaps of actual screenwritten shows.

So there is a strong possibility that it is fake, but who knows? Some could be real.[/QUOTE]

You're talking about Dateline, not Road Rules. The possibility is zero.

[vegeta rocker]

It doesn't really matter if it is Dateline or not there is a chance it may be scripted. Just like America's Next Top Model or any other show. Besides, just becuase it isnt Road Rules means nothing, in this day and age the media lies enough in general.

And since you brought up the fact that I'm talking about Dateline not Road Rules; what about back in 1999 when they rigged a GM truck to illustrate a point about their lack of safety?

They did one of their "demonstrations" and showed what could happen if you were in an accident in a GM truck. The truck exploded alright, since Dateline stuck some small explosives under the hood.

GM got a tip on where the trucks were dumped later and examined them. They held a press conference and proved what happened was a lie. It was a rigged demonstration.

Dateline denied it at first but eventually had to apologize on air for being misleading. I have never seen Jane Pauley look so nervous. I love Dateline, but they do have a reputation.

GM admits there was some danger from much older models since they have sidesaddle tanks. But Dateline took footage from two seperate rigged crashes and edited them together to make one catastrophic crash complete with some after effects flame.

I'm not saying their predator show is fake for sure, i just think there is a chance, my boss now who works for Strickland records used to work for CBS and i interned at one of their offices. Nearly everything they do is fake, if you are in the show you sign a contract that makes sure you can't tell anyone.

NBC may be diffrent, but it feels fake to me. The way its executed, it just seems fishy; like the video of the cop being pepper sprayed when he pulled someone over. Fake.

The contract is a nondisclosure agreement, and if you break it you have to pay a very hefty fine.

Most television is fake, thats just the way it is.

[Andy]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkRed]I could see that now.....cops shooting the child molesters with paintball guns and then yelling "RED TEAM BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. That would be histerical, and then the child that's getting molested pulls out a AK-47 from out of freakin nowhere and blows the cops away. I would laugh my *** off if that actually happened. But yeah, child predators are some pretty damn stupid people. Yep.[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[vegeta rocker]

Dateline is just waiting for a chance to toss in some high speed chase I'll bet.

I think they are spreading a good message either way, i think a few are real.


Also, here is an article about them being dishonest again.

[URL=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9F0CE7D81F39F93AA2575BC0A965958260]Article[/URL]


Also, i found a video clip from the press conference

[URL=http://www.gm.com/company/corp_info/history/gmhis1990.html#]Website[/URL]

Once you get there, hit Ctrl and f to open the finder window and type in Dateline. You will be guided to a paragraph that has a link with the clip.

Road Rules never warranted a press conference.