To Catch a Predator ran for three years, and its unique selling point seemed to be that it was, as Jimmy Kimmel once jokingly referred to it, “Punk’d for pedophiles.” The series touted its noble ...
Documentary filmmaker David Osit was going down an internet rabbit hole in the late 2010s when he stumbled upon a primitive, yet quickly addictive, message board. Sporting the archaic look of a Web ...
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 coordination ...
A judge has dismissed conspiracy and kidnapping charges against five Massachusetts college students who were accused of plotting to lure a man to their campus through a dating app and then seizing him ...
Before we hear this next interview, a heads-up - it includes a discussion about child sex offenders and a mention of suicide. HANSEN: Would you have a seat over in that chair, please? RASCOE: That's ...
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 part of ...
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