Fiction Facading as a Investigative Podcast
If you do a quick Google, you’ll discover that Bobby is a fictional character, the newspaper that employed the journalist who received a mysterious tape never existed, and that Radiotopia confirmed with Slate that this is a “hybrid of fact and fiction”. Fictional stories are still interesting, but this misleads listeners into thinking it’s an audio documentary. Not great, Radiotopia.
GRH8372916 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 11/26/17
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