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To Catch a Predator stories: 3 news summaries

Danger From Internet Predators Overstated: Study

Media exaggerates reports of minors solicited online, task force finds

Jan 14, 09 2:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Remember all the hoopla about sexual predators on MySpace? Well … never mind. A task force created by 49 state attorneys general finds no significant problem with minors being propositioned by adults on social-networking sites, the Raleigh News & Observer reports, with widespread fears to the contrary a “moral... More »

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social networking • Internet • To Catch a Predator • sexual predator

Child Porn Found in Home of Suicide DA

Texas man shot self
as NBC sex predator sting closed in

Nov 27, 07 7:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Texas investigators looking into the suicide of a former county district attorney found child porn in his home, reports the Dallas Morning News. He shot himself last year as a SWAT team closed in and a Dateline NBC camera crew covering internet predators waited outside. A search of laptops, a... More »

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To Catch a Predator • Dateline • child pornography • chris hansen • sting operations

Ex-Producer Sues NBC Over 'Predator'

Ethical concerns about popular crime show led to firing, lawsuit says

May 30, 07 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - A former producer of "To Catch a Predator" is suing NBC, claiming she was fired for criticizing the popular show. Marsha Bartel says she expressed ethical worries about the way the program snares would-be child molesters in a cybersting, the Smoking Gun reports, and was fired shortly thereafter. She... More »

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ethics • television • NBC • To Catch a Predator • Perverted Justice • Marsha Bartel • lawsuit

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