Mike Wallace was “among those who pioneered the use of hidden cameras in investigations,” Howard Kurtz noted on Sunday’s Reliable Sources. He asked:
| KURTZ: Do you think that led to what we see today with “Dateline: NBC” using hidden cameras to catch sexual predators and all these local stations using hidden cameras to find people who park in handicap spaces? WALLACE: I have no doubt that what we started has become a plague. Because – and that’s a million years ago but we got caught up in the drama more than we caught up in going after the facts. KURTZ: Why do you say it’s a plague? WALLACE: Oh, because it’s too much. Self conscious, confrontational, ambushing and news, as you know, has turned into that kind of thing. There’s a lot of info-tainment in it and there’s a lot of tabloid in it… |
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