The world according to Riff.

"The matter has been amicably resolved to the satisfaction of both parties," NBC spokeswoman Jenny Tartikoff said in a statement, the Times reported. The network would not say how much the General Electric Co unit paid, the paper said.

The family of Louis W. Conradt Jr. sued NBC for $105 million last year after the assistant district attorney in Rockwall County, Texas, had reportedly sent sexually explicit messages to a person that he believed was under-age.(Oh gee that poor man....perv)

The person actually was a volunteer for Perverted Justice, a group that helps set up stings to catch child sexual predators and was a paid consultant for the Predator series, the Times said.(They arent being paid enough....if you ask me)

The premise of the show "To Catch a Predator" is that someone poses as an underaged girl in an Internet chat room, and then lures men who want to meet them to a house. Instead of finding the girl, they are confronted by the TV show's host and a camera crew. The show has raised ethical questions over the program's "all-access arrangement with the local police and Perverted Justice," the Times said.(I have a question.........How many more programs like this can we get going?)

In Conradt's case, local police decided to arrest him at his home after he did not show up at the pre-arranged house, the Times said. As the police and camera crews entered the house, Conradt shot himself in the head, the paper said.(sounds like time served to me....sorry to be so cold and callous, but I have no tolerance for predators....if the person is of the age of consent, (and not mentaly impaired or other extenuating cases) and wants to get nasty with some body met on the net.....thats their business....there are always fine lines mind you, if the persons involved are on the borderline of the go/no go age, say a 17 year old and a 19 year old....the line is a little hazy on the bad or good.....(the legal line is clear though), but this guy was sick)

In February a judge dismissed some of the lawsuit's claims, but declared that a jury "could find that NBC crossed the line from responsible journalism to irresponsible and reckless intrusion into law enforcement," the Times reported.(You mean it was working, on flushing the predators, AND getting good ratings...........They should have fought this one, tooth and nail....but NBC just reaches over and grabs the ankles.....cowards.....riff)

(Reporting by Robert MacMillan; Editing by Louise Heavens