Review of Reporter - Far too repetitive

Far too repetitive

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“I’ve only listened to about two thirds of the first series and will probably doggedly hear it out till the end, but am finding it SO full of repetition and irrelevant trivia as to make a potentially fascinating story pretty tedious. Is there some rule that says crime podcasts have to be spun and spun to reach a set number of episodes, when the point could be made in half as many? Obviously Don, the editor of the local paper who ran with the often thankless task of blasting the original conviction and is one of the main narrators of this story, has acted with compassion and fairness, but his speech is so long-winded and circumlocutory as to make you wonder how he ever processed any reports on the subject, let alone wrote a coherent book on it (which is forever being plugged). His shaggy dog tendencies are only encouraged by the podcast’s reporter who keeps taking him down blind alleys which indulge his penchant for fluff but add nothing to the essential case. I’m sure some really important work has done here and Don sounds like a really nice person, but investigative journalism which might be leading to the revelation of a massive miscarriage of justice deserves more incisive treatment. I’m persevering, but yawning a lot!”

Canoscio via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 03/13/21

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Too repetitive!

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“I thought this was an interesting story but the repetitiveness was confusing and in the end I had to give up.”

ElleAhl via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 02/22/20

Good story but with background music

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“I stopped listening because there is background music.”

Lepek NL via Apple Podcasts · Netherlands · 08/21/19

Excellent