Common Sense Media Review
By Melissa Camacho
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Sensational series plays both sides of crime story.
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Who Do You Believe?
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What's the Story?
WHO DO YOU BELIEVE? is a series that features a true crime story being told from the point of view of people on both sides of the crime. With the help of split screens, two individuals on opposing sides of the story are interviewed side by side. Throughout their narration of events, reenactments are used to highlight key moments. At the end of the episode, viewers must come to their own conclusions about who is telling the truth about what happened.
Is It Any Good?
The exploitative true crime series features people offering separate, and usually contradictory, accounts of misdeeds that were committed, and their individual roles in it. Not surprisingly, what the individuals have to say about one another isn't very good. Meanwhile, despite the fact that most of the the misdeeds being discussed have been resolved by the criminal justice system, Who Do You Believe? encourages viewers to continue speculating about which person is being honest, or at a minimum, whose story is more legitimate, until the very end. The overall result is a series that doesn't seem to have much purpose outside of being petty.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the way people can share the same experience, but have very different ideas about what actually transpired. Is someone who interprets an event differently from others who were also present automatically lying?
Does appearing on Who Do You Believe? offer any benefit to those on the series? Why do you think they agree to participate in this program?
TV Details
- Premiere date : May 3, 2022
- Network : ABC
- Genre : Reality TV
- TV rating :
- Last updated : May 12, 2022
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