Some Say Tv Program Crossed Ethics Line with Area Sex Sting
Dayton Daily News › March 28, 2006
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A broadcast ethicist believes Dateline NBC crossed the line journalistically when it compensated Perverted-Justice as "consultants" for a weekend Internet sting that netted 18 people on attempted unlawful sexual conduct charges.
The taping by Dateline, the fourth such program in its To Catch a Predator series, is "right in time for the May Nielsen ratings, the most important ratings of the year," said Al Tompkins, who teaches ethics at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Fla. The program is to air May 3 and 10.See the full content of this document
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Some Say Tv Program Crossed Ethics Line with Area Sex Sting
Three Perverted-Justice members were deputized by the Darke County sheriff's office.
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