# Court TV Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-tv-question/284647>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 14, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-tv-question/284647 "2005-01-14T02:03:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![festiva76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@festiva76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/festiva76)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-tv-question/284647/1 "2005-01-14T02:03:11Z")

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Why do Court TV and other networks always seem to blur the date to their evidence videos? It’s usually most noticable with the dashboard camera videos, but you can tell it also with the interrogation room videos. Why is it important to obscure this?

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**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-tv-question/284647/2 "2005-01-14T02:04:45Z")

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> [@festiva76](#):
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> Why do Court TV and other networks always seem to blur the date to their evidence videos? It’s usually most noticable with the dashboard camera videos, but you can tell it also with the interrogation room videos. Why is it important to obscure this?

WAG So you can’t tell how old the show is in re-runs.

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**Author:** ![festiva76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e8cbc/32.png) [@festiva76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/festiva76)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-tv-question/284647/3 "2005-01-14T02:06:28Z")

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It wouldn’t surprise me, oldguy