Amusing promotion for the new series Breaking Bad. (cortex, I hope you don't mind)
posted to MetaFilter by Locative at 6:35 PM on March 1, 2008 (17 comments)

Journalist's efforts to rescue teen from porn questioned. Kurt Eichenwald, author and NYT journalist discovered teen Justin Berry prostituting himself online and intervened, financially and legally. Eichenwald even appeared with Berry on Oprah. Two years after his initial expose was published, his life is in ruins.
posted to MetaFilter by Locative at 2:17 AM on October 30, 2007 (33 comments)

In the grand tradition of Kaycee Nicole, Anthony Godby Johnson, and Kodee Kennings, Jesse James was a studly volunteer firefighter and 9/11 hero who A History of Violence screenwriter Josh Olson's friend Audrey fell in love with over the internet. He turned out to be not what he seemed. None other than Harlan Ellison himself took part in the intervention, and the ensuing confrontation of the perpetrator was recorded for posterity. Via.
posted to MetaFilter by Locative at 10:19 PM on October 12, 2007 (88 comments)