Wednesday, January 17, 2007
MSNBC: is 24 slanted to the right?
The Raw Story MSNBC: Is '24's Jack Bauer a FOX 'right-wing propagandist?'
MSNBC: Is '24's Jack Bauer a FOX 'right-wing propagandist?' David Edwards and Mike SheehanPublished: Tuesday January 16, 2007
"Is FOX using fear of terror attacks in U.S. to get ratings?" asks MSNBC in a segment about popular TV series 24.
"Jack Bauer might be trying to save the world," remarks the host about the show's main character, played by Kiefer Sutherland, "but is Jack also a right-wing propagandist?"
In the video below, after showing a clip from 24 featuring an enormous explosion as helpless characters look on in shock, a debate ensues between Congressional Quarterly's Craig Crawford and Joel Mowbray of Townhall.com as to whether the show is just entertainment or not-so-subtle right-wing propaganda.
TIME/CNN recently reported that Vice President Dick Cheney is a fan of 24.
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Readers will note with interest that Heritage Foundation dedicated a forum to discuss: "24" and America's Image in Fighting Terrorism: Fact, Fiction, or Does it Matter? where among other issues it asked whether '24's Jack Bauer is the new Rambo?
Some excited homeland security 'scholars' asked Secretary Chertoff what role would he take if given a chance on '24'?
There, Rush Limbaugh recognised '24's producing team and its cast at the Heritage Foundation declaring:
The '24's producer and director are one of the best creative folks who also happen to be the most conservative people.
Here's the link to the event where the host from Heritage acknowledged Limbaugh's share in the success of many in Washington.
http://www.heritage.org/Press/Events/ev062306.cfm
Yeah I remember seeing what you're talking about I seen bits of it over at CSPAN last summer. I was wondering why was Judge Doom on a panel with Rush talking about a tv show? It's nothing more than a merger of government and entertainment when you're putting this sort of crap of terrorist attack on a major city trying to scare people so you can get a line of thinking with the white house is pretty lame on their part.
Thanks for the link I post it up as an add on to the story.
This is pretty ridiculous.
Almost every other show on TV is pretty leftist. What if 24 were right-leaning? There can't be one show that has a different point of view than all the others?
Did the media ever ask why the West Wing was clearly left leaning?
Olbermann himself was a writer on the West-Wing!
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