Untold - The Girfiend Who Didn't Exist

Untold - The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist is the kind of documentary that makes the hair on your skin stand. Most who watch it will feel uncomfortable at some point in the 2-Part Series. It is an intriguing tale of misfortune that is unimaginable, even by today's standards. 

This is the story of Manti Te'o. A Polynesian football player at Notre Dame. He came from a small Hawaiian island. A bit naive, he was catfished online at a time when catfishing was not as frequent as it is today. The deception lasted over 2 years before he was told it was a hoax. 

There is a lot of depth crammed into this 2-hour miniseries. This documentary will leave little doubt that journalistic integrity went out the window many years ago.

Without going into too much detail, this is a story about how easy it is to judge a situation before we have all the facts. It also gives rare insight into how easily we can be manipulated by social and conventional media. I remember this event that happened many years ago, and I honestly was mad at myself as I most likely allowed the media's reporting to impact my own opinion about what really happened.

Overall, this documentary is a warning about where we were, where we are, and where we are heading as a society regarding fact-finding and media manipulation. The old phrase, "Never judge a book by its cover certainly applies to this short series.