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Isn’t this crazy? Someone updated Chris Benoit’s Wikipedia page announcing the death of his wife Nancy 13 hours before police discovered their bodies.
UPDATE: Some excellent snooping by Corey Spring at Newsvine unveils a possible culprit and explanation - a strange prank and very strange coincidence. (via fimoc)
10 comments June 28th, 2007
Dateline NBC’s popular “To Catch a Predator” series suffered a major setback when a Texas prosecutor refused to press charges on 24 men caught in the sting because the operation was “tainted by amateurs.” In 16 of the cases, the prosecutor said he didn’t have jurisdiction because the men who were involved — along with the decoys — where not in the county at the time of the chats. When residents discovered that the majority of the would-be sex predators were driving in from out of town — and the house was two blocks away from an elementary school — they were outraged. As for the rest of the cases, the prosecutor said neither police or NBC were able to guarantee the chat logs were authentic and complete. Responds Dateline’s Chris Hansen, “I don’t want to get involved in the DA’s business or the police business,” he said. “I can tell you in the other locations, these issues did not come up.” But that’s not all. One of the men committed suicide when police moved in to arrest him. The city manager who approved the sting has been fired.
So I ask, is this the end of “To Catch a Predator?” Should it be? (Thanks, Chris R.!)
60 comments June 28th, 2007
Update: NBC Universal and News Corp. have named a former Amazon.com SVP Jason Kilar as the CEO of their upcoming joint video venture. Kilar oversaw Amazon’s entry into the video and DVD business. NBCU and News Corp. revealed on the conference call today that the launch date has been pushed back to September at the earliest. “We’ll launch when we’re prepared to launch with a world-class product,” said News Corp. COO Peter Chernin. This comes as no surprise as a summer launch date would seem next to impossible given the fact the management team is just being assembled. A name has also yet to be finalized. Press release on Kilar’s hiring follows below…
Adds Staci in comments: “NBCU told analysts earlier this month it would be September. When I asked today, September was still held out as a possibility but not as a definite.”
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