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450 // Dr David D. Perlmutter on Conspiracy Theorists Interfering w/ Police Investigations

Missing

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True Crime, News, Society & Culture

3.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this new episode Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna speak with David D. Perlmutter of Texas Tech University about conspiracy culture and so much more. Article referenced: https://news.sky.com/story/how-conspiracy-theorists-tiktok-sleuths-and-armchair-detectives-are-impacting-police-investigations-13103720. David D. Perlmutter: From 2013 to 2023 David D. Perlmutter was dean of the College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University where he is now a full professor. He received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Perlmutter is the author or editor of ten books on political communication, new media technologies, and higher education published by, among others, Palgrave, Oxford, and Harvard University Press. He also published several dozen research articles for academic journals and hundreds of popular press and journalism essays and reports. Perlmutter has been interviewed by most major news networks and newspapers, from the New York Times to CNN and ABC, and was a featured guest on “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart. He has studied war, politics, and violence as well as crime and police issues in the media for almost 35 years. His most “true crime” book was a study of stereotypes of police in the media that included him riding along with officers and joining the department as a reserve officer. David D. Perlmutter. Policing the Media: Street Cops and Public Perceptions of Law Enforcement. Beverly Hills: Sage, 2000. Follow Missing: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@missingcsm. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm. IG: https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/. Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissingCSM. FB: https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri. Check out our entire network at http://crawlspace-media.com/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're going to be here. Welcome back to missing. I am Tim here today with Lance. Lance how are you today?

0:40.9

I'm doing fantastic today Tim the person who we are speaking with today is a reoccurring guest.

0:45.3

He's been on so many times.

0:47.0

He might as well be credited as a co-host at this point.

0:50.5

He is someone who brings a really unique perspective to this field that you and I are in, this true crime media

1:00.0

podcasting industry. He's got a really unique perspective. He's a super smart guy. I feel like every time we speak to him, you and I get just a little bit smarter, which to his credit goes a long way.

1:12.0

Yes, yes, and to his credit goes a long way.

1:20.9

Yes, yes and this is Dr. David Perlmutter from Texas Tech University. He's a professor and

1:26.3

former dean of the College of Media down there in Texas and he's a great hang he's great to speak with about crime and media and that's what he

1:31.0

teaches his students and so it's always fun to speak with David Perlmutter on the missing show because we break down some of these mysteries and how the media has covered them.

1:41.0

Yeah, he sort of sets the compass in a direction where you're not expecting to go.

1:47.3

If you're speaking about two young women missing in another country, he'll direct that conversation down a path that you weren't expecting to go and will really give you this, again, unique opportunity to see these stories from that perspective and pretty much bring it all full circle.

2:04.3

They'll always be a mystery at the end, but at least you'll feel like some of the other

2:08.8

ancillary pieces have been kind of tied together.

2:11.7

And you'll get what I'm saying when you hear this conversation and when you hear the other conversations that we have with him.

2:16.5

Okay, everybody, thanks a lot for listening. Follow missing on social media at missing CSM. And we're going to take a quick break here and we'll be right

2:24.9

back with Dr. David Perlmutter. This episode is brought to you by M&M.

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