DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 14 days agoIs it just me, or does crime documentaries have a biased "pro-cop" vibe to it?message-squaremessage-square102linkfedilinkarrow-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 · 14 days agomessage-square102linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarevaguerant@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up57·14 days agoOccasionally they take the “investigation bungled by police” angle, but that’s the exception rather than the rule.
minus-squarestarlinguk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·14 days agoBailey Sarian takes the investigation bungled by police angle most of the time, but yeah, there is a lot of copaganda around.
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days 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.
Occasionally they take the “investigation bungled by police” angle, but that’s the exception rather than the rule.
Bailey Sarian takes the investigation bungled by police angle most of the time, but yeah, there is a lot of copaganda around.
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.