interesting case - but the interviewers' lack of sensitivity was unacceptable
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“ok, I get it, this case is grim and gripping; and as a fellow mancunian, I started off genuinely fascinated. Was brutally disappointed however by the interviewers' utter lack of sensitivity or indeed basic psychological understanding when talking to a man who as a child had been a witness of this almost unimaginably traumatic event. The interviewer asks him repeatedly why he didn't "do anything" - and then posits that a "normal child" (-and how cruelly worded is that???) would have "been screaming in pain" at witnessing such a thing - a completely false supposition. It is an EXTREMELY common reaction to extreme stress, danger, or personal violation to completely 'freeze up'; the so-called 'fight or flight' response in reality functions more as a 'fight, flight, or freeze' response. Even notwithstanding the father's severely abusive and menacing conduct towards him, the young boy's reaction would have been a completely adaptive, extremely common psychological response to an extremely traumatic series of events; given his upbringing, it was clearly inevitable.
I am seriously shocked these journalists did not either prepare more thoroughly or at the very least have a mental health professional present whilst discussing such awful events with a survivor, let alone a survivor who was a CHILD at the time.
This programme is only 'the next Serial' in the sense that it, like the latter's famous first season, is superficially fascinating before quickly descending into deeply morally questionable territory, and appropriate journalistic curiosity is abandoned in favour of a prurient, voyeuristic blow-by-blow account of violence and suffering. Thoroughly unpleasant stuff.”Read full review »
rory lewis via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
03/23/19
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Heath Roylance via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
05/22/19
“This is a fascinating and well produced podcast but I found myself deeply concerned about how Stephen Nolan, who is an award winning broadcaster, suggested that the interviewee wasn’t a normal child because he didn’t scream when he witnessed a murder. It could be argued that he was so terrified...”Read full review »
Scilly girl via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
03/23/19
“Stephen Nolan voice the whole anchor style of this is so off putting - BBC really struggles to get podcasting right despite all the resources”
RosemaryPallas via Apple Podcasts ·
Ireland ·
04/13/19
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