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galen  ·  3621 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "Serial": The Podcast We've Been Waiting For

I had to quit about 6 ep in, after that reddit post purporting to be written by Hae's brother. Regardless of the veracity of that claim, I could no longer get past the idea that the podcast was exploiting Hae's story for the enjoyment/enticement of the listeners. I think it's great that Koenig did the in-depth investigative work she did, but not so much the dramatization thereof.





tvamsisai  ·  3620 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wait? What were you saying Hae's brother posted? Link? I didn't see this.

galen  ·  3620 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Here's the reddit thread from back in November. And Slate published a pretty good primer on the controversy about a day before that.

tvamsisai  ·  3617 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sorry for the late reply. Exams and stuff.

Hmm. I hear Jay gave an interview. Will have to check all that after exams.