The problem with Discovery ID and True Crime shows.

Today I gave my wife, Diana, some advice I probably should have given a long time ago. I told her to stop accepting requests for interviews about her daughter's murder. You see networks like Discovery ID and their shows like Deadly Sins look for interesting twisted murders to show on TV. They say they do it to get the victim's story out there so they are not forgotten when actually they do it for ratings and money. Now at what cost are they doing this? Well, the cost of the other victims of the crime, the family and friends of the victim who have to relive the murder, the painful loss of the loved one who was murdered.
Now the value of a person and their loss cannot be measured in money, it cannot be measured at all. A life is priceless but these shows make money off their stories and the pain of loss. A crying parent talking about the loss of a child is priceless to them, it is gold because people want to watch this stuff. Advertisers pay good money to advertise in during the show's time slot. Now while the networks are counting their money the other victims are counting the tissues they go through while suffering through the pain of remembering yet again. No heart in show biz, ratings for tears. What does the victim's family get? "Thank you for sharing your daughter's story. If you need more tissue feel free and here have a cold bottle of water to replace all the liquid you lost crying. If you want we can send you a DVD copy of the show."
So next time you watch one of these true crime shows remember what the victim and their family went and are going through while the network is raking in the money.