Being in the military, that part bothered me -- Dateline really seemed to relish any connection they could find with the U.S. military, no matter how weak, and they repeated it over and over.
They didn't dig into the background of any of these perps to find out if they ever worked in journalism or broadcasting.
It shouldn't. The military is simply a microcosm of society as a whole. Society has a criminal element, therefore the military will--however, the military has a mighty fine screening process to filter out most from getting in and has shown spectacular success at rooting out criminals and other dirtbags.
Now, I didn't get the impression that Dateline relished the fact that these were military men, but maybe I just wasn't sensitive to it. I know from past shows that they have emphasized the occupations of many of these suspects, but principally to point out that they are often men who could be in close contact with your own child.
I don't particularly like network news and news programs, but this particular series of Dateline episodes is really good. I just wish that the guys they catch could stay in jail forever, or if I had my druthers, be executed. Instead we slap them on the wrist and let them out so they can prey on other children. Something is terribly wrong here.
You are absolutely correct. NBC DID make a big deal of the military perverts--more so than the others. Still, a pedophile is a pedophile.
They did focus on military men - but also on teachers, people who worked with youth groups, and religious leaders. It made sense to me - those were the most egregious cases.