{"id":475,"date":"2023-09-18T14:24:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/?p=475"},"modified":"2025-04-15T11:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:20:11","slug":"hidden-identities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/blog\/2023\/09\/18\/hidden-identities\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Identities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When true crime and news producers seek to obfuscate the identity of an individual, they often resort to generic placeholders such as &#8220;a local woman we&#8217;ll call &#8216;Becky.'&#8221; However, I believe that this is a missed opportunity for creativity and engagement. Rather than relying on uninspired pseudonyms, TV producers could create more vivid characters. For example, instead of &#8220;Bill was having an affair with a local cashier, we&#8217;ll call &#8216;Elusive Goblin'&#8221;. Let&#8217;s mix it up!<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/obscured.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/obscured.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/obscured.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/obscured.jpg?resize=89%2C50&amp;ssl=1 89w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When true crime and news producers seek to obfuscate the identity of an individual, they often resort to generic placeholders such as &#8220;a local woman we&#8217;ll call &#8216;Becky.&#8217;&#8221; However, I believe that this is a missed opportunity for creativity and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[117,118],"class_list":["post-475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-elusive-goblin","tag-identity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/obscured.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":635,"href":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475\/revisions\/635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ikev.in\/ax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}