I'm starting to wonder whether people know what an investigative journalist is.
How do you think Snowden's crusade ended up being spearheaded in that hotel room; one of the most monumental whistleblowing operations of all time with those reporters? They were out there, and he could trust them, and they did some seriously illegal shit for the greater good. I am in no way comparing those reporters to Hansen, simply illustrating what goes into breaking stories and being the one to go to. Hansen is the most famous face when it comes to reporting on and catching paedophiles and sexual predators. This story needed him and he's chasing it the fuck down.
Making money off fucked up shit is at it's root, self serving. Getting famous exposing fucked up shit is self serving. But he cares about this subject and for me, it's all that matters, and the whole 'exposing' of him is getting super autistic. Vince is a faggot with a God complex, the lawyer apparently touched some tiddies, and Chris is also flawed like every other human on Earth.
He's not a saint, was never a saint. He's an old divorced felon who indirectly contributed to a man shooting himself in the head. He's not your knight in shining armour. He is simply a journalist. And those beating this subject to death on YouTube are now making money off suffering, and a divorced, felon journalist who's career went down the pan for a while. They're all one in the same.
Nobody is the hero here. But at least Onision won't have the chance to groom and abuse young girls again sometime soon. Hansen is a good journalist. The way he treats the people he interviews is very sensitive and caring. The way he treated Billie especially, who was obviously terrified and extremely fragile was fantastic.