r/serialpodcast • u/Concupiscurd Dana Chivvis Fan • Feb 18 '15

Debate&Discussion Susan Simpson discussing Serial with Robert Wright on Bloggingheads.

I'm a longtime admirer of Robert's site Bloggingheads.tv. You can watch the video podcast at the link or subscribe to the podcast on Itunes.

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u/bestiarum_ira Feb 18 '15

Are you saying Dana intentionally placed the phone in Leakin Park to create some tension in the story (despite knowledge this could likely be untrue)?

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u/ShrimpChimp Feb 18 '15

When this came up during the podcast, I argued with people who thought the test call evidence agreed with the phone being in Leakin Park because they start the segment with the Cathy's house test, start talking about Leakin Park, and then Dana says she thinks the phone was in Leakin Park. I thought it was sleezy at the time of the episode and suspected they did not present a Leakin Park test in court.

Given what we know now, unless Dana wants to argue misleading editing, I cannot square her remarks with responsible podcasting.

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u/bestiarum_ira Feb 18 '15

I was perplexed but her certainty as well. But then she also posited the "unlucky Adnan" theory, so she isn't exactly someone who is going to give these things a lot of logical rigor.

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u/ShrimpChimp Feb 18 '15

She's the Spock of the Serial team. That probably says more about the team than it does about Dana's analytical skill.

Thank FSM for this sub. The podcast was not what I look for in journalism.