A beautiful child actress is murdered in her basement on Halloween night. A pedophile in Viet Nam emails a crime author with details about the killing, and 14 years later, he is arrested for the girl's murder. NYPD travel to the Far East to bring him into custody. They fly him back First Class, plying him with champagne en route, hoping to loosen his tongue. Cable news anchors -- particularly a bottle blonde with a regional accent -- are aghast at the preferential treatment the creepozoid gets. Sound familiar? It's tonight's epiosde of Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Clearly it has nothing whatsoever to do with JonBenet Ramsey and Jon Mark Karr because she was murdered in a basement on Christmas, and the pedophile who emailed details about the crime to an author was apprehended in Thailand. She was a beauty queen while this little girl was an actress. These cops are from New York, those cops were from Boulder. See? Very different.
I just saw a commercial for this Friday's episode of Law & Order, the original. A celebrity goes on a tirade about Jews and how Jews are out to get him. Another episode, "ripped from today's headlines."
Perhaps all this should offend me, but it doesn't. Instead I'm amazed by the sheer nerve of Dick Wolf and Co. Aren't they worried about libel? Or do they have a team of lawyers who know exactly where the line is, and just how much they have to change to avoid crossing it?
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