To Catch a Predator, Hunted

The parallel investigation of ABC’s 20/20 and Esquire over Dateline NBC‘s own parallel investigation with the Murphy, Texas police force is a “meta” enough situation to give even the most astute media observer a case of cognitive vertigo. TVNewser’s Chris Ariens reported yesterday that 20/20 is working on a piece on one of Dateline NBC‘s “To Catch a Predator” stories. An ABC spokesperson later confirmed that their piece, “a work in progress,” involves the role of Dateline NBC in the suicide of Kaufman County prosecutor Bill Conradt.