The WOW Report

  • WOW Report
  • About
  • RuPaul’s Drag Race Live!
  • WOW Presents Plus
  • What to Watch
  • Store
You are here: Home / Misc / To Catch a Viewer

To Catch a Viewer

By WOW Staff on August 8, 2007 2:44 am

LowryhansenIn his column today, “Using predators to catch viewers,” Variety‘s chief TV critic Brian Lowry addresses those hidden-camera child-molesters-on-the-prowl shows that purport to be in the public interest and saturate television, in particular, Chris Hanson’s To Catch a Predator, the NBC Dateline series that reruns almost as frequently as I Love Lucy.

[P]edophilia is so heinous and abhorrent, daring to question the righteous indignation the subject evokes feels dicey. Yet with the degree of reporting becoming so blatantly out of whack relative to the scope of the threat, there’s cause to second-guess the motives of those perpetuating concerns that every child is a random mouse-click away from being scarred for life. […] Most troubling is that the sheer tonnage of programming seems tethered in part to cynical demographic calculations. After all, those most likely to be alarmed are parents of young children — a contingent disproportionately represented in the 25-to-54 age group sought by advertisers.


Show the love:

  • Tweet
  • Share on Tumblr

Filed Under: Misc

More

ABBA! Nick Offerman! Murray Bartlett! David Bowie! The WOW Report for Radio Andy!

ABBA! Nick Offerman! Murray Bartlett! David Bowie! The WOW Report for Radio Andy!

by Blake Jacobs on February 3, 2023 11:00 am

Adam Joseph Reimagines Loosey LaDuca’s Talent Show Track “Let Loose”- Listen

Adam Joseph Reimagines Loosey LaDuca’s Talent Show Track “Let Loose”- Listen

by Paisley Dalton on January 31, 2023 9:28 am

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Trending


#TikTokTrend: Madonna Dancing to Gaga’s ‘Bloody Mary’ Has Fans Kinda Freaking TF Out –Watch

Robert Fux, Farao Groth & Kayo Are Sashaying to the ‘Drag Race Sverige’ Judging Panel

Monét X Change & Bob the Drag Queen Launch New Line, BOMO Beauty

The LOOK George Santos Gives After Being Asked “Who Do You Think Will Win Drag Race..?” –Watch

Adam Joseph Reimagines Loosey LaDuca’s Talent Show Track “Let Loose”- Listen

About

From the creators of The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Party Monster, Million Dollar Listing, RuPaul's Drag Race, I Am Britney Jean, Big Freedia, and more.

Schiaperrelli! Madonna! Tom Hanks! Kylies Minogue & Jenner! The WOW Report for Radio Andy
Madonna! Joanna Lumley! Edgar Allan Poe! Jennifers Lopez AND Coolidge! The WOW Report for Radio Andy!
Prince Harry! Jennifer Coolidge! M3GAN! Jordan Peele! Randy Joins Us for the WOW Report for Radio Andy!
Rest in Perfection Barbara Walters and Anita Pointer! The WOW Report for Radio Andy!
ONJ! QE2! Leslie Jordan! Our In Memoriam Episode for 2002 on The WOW Report for Radio Andy

© 2021 World of Wonder Productions, Inc | World of Wonder is a trademark of World of Wonder Productions, Inc | Privacy

Copyright © 2023 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in