IN THE LIFE explores the newsmagazine format in a for-profit media model. In November 2004, ABC News 20/20 aired "The Matthew Shepard Story: Secrets of a Murder" promising stunning new information about the crime using interviews with the convicted killers. The primary focus was on dismantling the widely accepted position that Matthew's murder was a hate crime. IN THE LIFE looks at the sources and the methodology to discover what was missing from 20/20's report.

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