True crime is the most popular genre for podcasts — a staple for documentaries and the backbone of broadcast news. However, does the obsession with crime stories distort reality and highlight another instance of racial bias?

Society’s true crime obsession contains ethical questions about the genre’s exploitive nature and biases

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