Dustin, Bob, Chad, you guys are all reasonable and it’s good to see.
Suicide does not mean guilty. He could have suicided for shame of being accused. He could have suicided to prevent his family from the horror of a trial. He could have suicided to prevent going to jail, if even a holding cell. He could have suicided due to latent depression that seeing SWAT enter his house drove him to the breaking point. There are an almost infinite number of reason why he suicided and we won’t know the true one because the only one who does know is dead.
NBC trespassed, inserted themselves into a criminal operation, exerted undue pressure on law enforcement (and shame on them for giving in) and deserves to defend their actions in this suit. Since he’s dead I don’t care if the guy was a pedophile; what I do care is that news outlets re-learn how to be responsible journalists.
Let’s just throw out the Constitution; especially the Bill of Rights.
That way when one of your neighbors calls the cops on you for something they misinterpreted, the cops can just drive up, kick in your door, haul you away, and throw you in jail with no warrant, trial, or anything.
You have no clue whether this guy was guilty or not, yet claim “this guy is no loss to society”.
Not just the same network that rigged the GMC truck to explode, they also showed aching families of murder victims of VA Tech what it looked like down the barrel of the killer’s gun. Remember when the killer sent his manifesto to NBC. They COPIED IT before they even told law enforcment about it and showed it as the evening exclusive lead to haunt the victim’s families FOREVER. I will NEVER forget you did this, NBC. I will NEVER forgive you either. Burn in h@ll.
I have seen the show and I am thankful that they do expose pedophiles. There is no constitutional right to violate children in privacy. Maybe somebody will watch the show and think twice before they show up to do something like that. What about the people that were saved because they found out there could be serious consequences to their actions like being on TV? These things are taped long before they make it to TV. If someone just showed up at the house by accident, then you have a chance to fight the charges and possibly keep it off TV. Since he killed himself, I can only assume he was guilty and felt shame for his actions.
I can absolutel concur with your wishes that all pedophiles be wiped off the planet. That is not the issue.
I’ll try one more time to repeat this: The issue in this lawsuit is no longer whether or not the man was a pedophile. The issue was and is the actions of the NBC Network. Did they, or did they not, act lawfully. Did they or did they not, contribute to the suicide of the suspect. Did they or did they not violate his civil rights. And a wise judge has indicated these questions deserve to be heard in Court.
I think the problem here is that people think by breaking the law, you automatically give up ALL your civil rights. Unfortunately, no matter how heinous the crime, that is not the case.
Let’s look at the title of this. His sister is trying to make a name for herself and get rich at the same time. I agree with the remark that this prosecutor should be held to a higher standard due to his position. He shouldn’t even have been on the internet communicating sexually to minors. Anyway, in my opinion the most this suit should be for is $1M. Yes that’s a slap on the wrist for NBC, but it would show other journalist that hey, step back and think before going after ratings. Then the next time something like this happens, maybe a $100M suit would be in order. What’s going to happen to the show COPS? Are those people guilty? What about their character harmed? Maybe NBC went too far, but there are other reality shows as I stated, like COPS. And some final thoughts for you all…Where’s the line on journalism? The evening news could get some lawsuits too. They show people that are being hauled off to jail. What about Brittney Spears? Has anyone proven beyond a reasonable doubt that she is a drug addict? Okay, she’s famous and the media has a right to show her. Doesn’t this prosecutor fall into the same catagory? Guilty or not. He did something that was illegal in his State and that is to talk to minors on the internet sexually. He broke the law for his State, period. Unless of course NBC mistated that on their show, they did say just talking or emailing is illegal in Texas. Maybe he should have used his legal degree to get the law changed before doing what he did. So if COPS can stay on the air, then DATELINE maybe only guilty of entrapment. I don’t think $100M though, unless his sister is going to give all that money to Rape victims or child protective services. By the way, does anyone know if they ended up finding child porn on his computer?
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Dustin, Bob, Chad, you guys are all reasonable and it’s good to see.
Suicide does not mean guilty. He could have suicided for shame of being accused. He could have suicided to prevent his family from the horror of a trial. He could have suicided to prevent going to jail, if even a holding cell. He could have suicided due to latent depression that seeing SWAT enter his house drove him to the breaking point. There are an almost infinite number of reason why he suicided and we won’t know the true one because the only one who does know is dead.
NBC trespassed, inserted themselves into a criminal operation, exerted undue pressure on law enforcement (and shame on them for giving in) and deserves to defend their actions in this suit. Since he’s dead I don’t care if the guy was a pedophile; what I do care is that news outlets re-learn how to be responsible journalists.
Carol,
Let’s just throw out the Constitution; especially the Bill of Rights.
That way when one of your neighbors calls the cops on you for something they misinterpreted, the cops can just drive up, kick in your door, haul you away, and throw you in jail with no warrant, trial, or anything.
You have no clue whether this guy was guilty or not, yet claim “this guy is no loss to society”.
Dave, don’t look outside; I think it’s NBC. They have some questions for you.
Not just the same network that rigged the GMC truck to explode, they also showed aching families of murder victims of VA Tech what it looked like down the barrel of the killer’s gun. Remember when the killer sent his manifesto to NBC. They COPIED IT before they even told law enforcment about it and showed it as the evening exclusive lead to haunt the victim’s families FOREVER. I will NEVER forget you did this, NBC. I will NEVER forgive you either. Burn in h@ll.
I have seen the show and I am thankful that they do expose pedophiles. There is no constitutional right to violate children in privacy. Maybe somebody will watch the show and think twice before they show up to do something like that. What about the people that were saved because they found out there could be serious consequences to their actions like being on TV? These things are taped long before they make it to TV. If someone just showed up at the house by accident, then you have a chance to fight the charges and possibly keep it off TV. Since he killed himself, I can only assume he was guilty and felt shame for his actions.
Your latest post was right on target.
He never showed up at the house, though.
I can absolutel concur with your wishes that all pedophiles be wiped off the planet. That is not the issue.
I’ll try one more time to repeat this: The issue in this lawsuit is no longer whether or not the man was a pedophile. The issue was and is the actions of the NBC Network. Did they, or did they not, act lawfully. Did they or did they not, contribute to the suicide of the suspect. Did they or did they not violate his civil rights. And a wise judge has indicated these questions deserve to be heard in Court.
I think the problem here is that people think by breaking the law, you automatically give up ALL your civil rights. Unfortunately, no matter how heinous the crime, that is not the case.
Let’s look at the title of this. His sister is trying to make a name for herself and get rich at the same time. I agree with the remark that this prosecutor should be held to a higher standard due to his position. He shouldn’t even have been on the internet communicating sexually to minors. Anyway, in my opinion the most this suit should be for is $1M. Yes that’s a slap on the wrist for NBC, but it would show other journalist that hey, step back and think before going after ratings. Then the next time something like this happens, maybe a $100M suit would be in order. What’s going to happen to the show COPS? Are those people guilty? What about their character harmed? Maybe NBC went too far, but there are other reality shows as I stated, like COPS. And some final thoughts for you all…Where’s the line on journalism? The evening news could get some lawsuits too. They show people that are being hauled off to jail. What about Brittney Spears? Has anyone proven beyond a reasonable doubt that she is a drug addict? Okay, she’s famous and the media has a right to show her. Doesn’t this prosecutor fall into the same catagory? Guilty or not. He did something that was illegal in his State and that is to talk to minors on the internet sexually. He broke the law for his State, period. Unless of course NBC mistated that on their show, they did say just talking or emailing is illegal in Texas. Maybe he should have used his legal degree to get the law changed before doing what he did. So if COPS can stay on the air, then DATELINE maybe only guilty of entrapment. I don’t think $100M though, unless his sister is going to give all that money to Rape victims or child protective services. By the way, does anyone know if they ended up finding child porn on his computer?