Loved seasons 1-3, season 4 lost me from the get-go with misleading “facts”
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“As a listener to Serial since the beginning, I was looking forward to season 4. But I didn’t make it past the first episode. The reason? Right up front the narrative is about how terrible it is that we took almost 800 people and locked them up. And then IMMEDIATELY a figure of $13M dollars per prisoner per year is referenced as the cost for the operation. Which is a figure based on all of Guantanamo Bay’s costs (regardless if there are prisoners there or not), and uses a figure of 40 prisoners as the denominator for the equation. But it wouldn’t sound as “evil” or “wasteful” if they were consistent with their measurements, now would it? Either it is a case of lack of integrity for actual reporting and storytelling, or it is a laziness to just grab information that supports one side that the storyteller wishes to tell. Either way is an automatic pass and unsubscribe from future Serial content. And yes, armchair hindsight criticism 20 years after 9/11 had better damned well be accurate and fairly represented. FAIL.”
N2theGruv via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/05/24
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“I have to say this is one of the most engrossing stories I've ever had the pleasure of being at the edge of my seat for. I need to know what comes next!
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AshleyActually via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/04/14
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