EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ has set a premiere date of Monday, December 8 for Predators , David Osit ’s award-winning documentary about the problematic legacy of Dateline NBC’s To Catch a Predator .

Osit’s film scrutinizes the ethical dimensions of the program, which saw Dateline partner with the group Perverted Justice in a sting operation that caught men trying to arrange encounters with “decoys” posing online as underage girls or boys. NBC’s cameras rolled as a suspected perp showed up to a house to meet their intended victim, and after a few minutes of sexually charged chitchat between adult and decoy, host Chris Hansen popped out from another room to question the alleged predator. Great for ratings, but a scenario that raised questions about journalistic practice and active coll

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