The television program Dateline recently did a special on Indexed Annuities and if you didn’t know much about them before seeing the show, you would probably think they are the mother of all evil. Going for sensationalism and ratings may work well when trying to catch a predator, but scaring people unnecessarily and without balancing the many factors in play is the real crime here. Paula gives her take on which barbs were justified and what valuable information was never presented at all. This is Part One of a Two Part program.