DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoIs it just me, or does crime documentaries have a biased "pro-cop" vibe to it?message-squaremessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down139file-text
arrow-up1277arrow-down1message-squareIs it just me, or does crime documentaries have a biased "pro-cop" vibe to it?DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square100fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarevaguerant@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up56·3 days agoOccasionally they take the “investigation bungled by police” angle, but that’s the exception rather than the rule.
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoPeople want a story to have a conclusion. People who watch these shows want to know what happened. And “got away on a technicality” stories sound like they’d be lawsuit magnets.
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·3 days agoBailey Sarian takes the investigation bungled by police angle most of the time, but yeah, there is a lot of copaganda around.
Occasionally they take the “investigation bungled by police” angle, but that’s the exception rather than the rule.
People want a story to have a conclusion. People who watch these shows want to know what happened.
And “got away on a technicality” stories sound like they’d be lawsuit magnets.
Bailey Sarian takes the investigation bungled by police angle most of the time, but yeah, there is a lot of copaganda around.