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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA podcast about the tv show "Cops" that is a must hear...
https://www.topic.com/runningfromcopsDan Taberski talked to The Business last year about his podcast, Running from Cops about the long-running and money-minting reality show.
He and a team of six screeners watched and catalogued more that 800 episodes of Cops and set out to interview anyone involved in the show police officers, camera operators, producers, and most crucially, people who had appeared as suspects on the show.
In his podcast series, Taberski found several troubling things about Cops. Police departments often got final say in what viewers did and didnt see. And people who appeared on Cops told Taberski their lives were much the worse for it, and that they never were asked to sign releases.
Above all, the show presented bad police tactics, like using faulty field drug tests, as effective.
Now, Taberski is back to talk about the end of Cops and the impact of its very successful alter ego, Live PD.
On June 9, following weeks of protests against police misconduct, the Paramount Network canceled Cops. The next day, A&E dropped Live PD, its highest rated series. Note: When we talked to Taberski, that last development with Live PD had not yet happened.
https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/the-business/police-tv-cops-cancellation-live-pd/dan-taberski-running-from-cops-live-pd
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A podcast about the tv show "Cops" that is a must hear... (Original Post)
tenderfoot
Jun 2020
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pansypoo53219
(20,978 posts)1. NPR's On the Media had an expose' about Cops. realitee teevee!
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,356 posts)2. I highly, highly recommend that podcast.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)3. I do also.
Made me think about things I never even imagined was happening. Glad that show is gone. Horrible.
tenderfoot
(8,437 posts)4. I've only seen a few episodes over the course of its run...
and it struck me as nothing more than punching down on the less fortunate and nothing to do with policing.