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'To Catch a Predator' Has a Lot to Answer For

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Summary
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67% Informative

Five Assumption University students in Massachusetts were arraigned on charges of conspiracy and kidnapping.

The alleged crime is not the only such incident to lead to arrests in the last month .

To Catch a Predator worked with law enforcement to track down and arrest alleged pedophiles.

The show’s righteous formula—real life villains behaving badly and getting punished—drew a devoted following.

To Catch a Predator was the subject of a new documentary, Predators.

The film documents the process of being a decoy for the show.

The show's creator says he feels “complicit” as a bystander to his methods.

The documentary explores the ethically murky nature of documentary filmmaking.

It's not just a tangent, but fundamental to what the film explores.

To Catch a Predator is a new documentary about a series of amateur filmmakers.

VR Score

61

Informative language

55

Neutral language

48

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

45

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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