Did "24" Go Too Far?

Townhall ^ | 1/22/07 | Hugh Hewitt

[bray]

Don't forget Ambassador Joe Kennedy thought we could get along with Hitler if we only gave him Poland.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[MarkeyD]

I was thinking there would be 10 million in the US, not even counting the resident Muslims.

[TomGuy]

The problem these commentators are seeming to have is more with Fox than with 24.

CBS's Jericho showed a nuclear blast in the Denver area, and the story line hinted that upwards of ten other US cities may have been obliterated.

Hardly a murmur from the commentators.

But that may be because the perpetrators on Jericho were never identified. There were hints, but never anything specific. That could be the difference. The commentators know that the Arab Street and CAIR and similar Muslim groups are going to whine and complain to no end, until they get a retraction or a statement from Jack Bauer that this doesn't represent all Islamics.

The CAIR whine worked last season. It probably will this season, too.

[mosquewatch.com]

I did not watch the program, but from what is posted. No.

How sad it is that we will have such an attack happen before anything is done about "Our problem" in America.

[MarkeyD]

Just like "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!"

[NonValueAdded]

I doubt the first nuke to pop in anger on American soil will be sophisticated enough to only have a 1-KT yield. It is going to be a lot worse. Nor is "24" the first made for TV drama to do so. What about that Jason Robards flick, "The Day After," about Lawrence, Kansas? The series from last season, "Jericho?" How about the irony in that choice of names? Plenty of mushroom clouds sprouted in those.

[HamiltonJay]

GO TO FAR???? HOW??? By showing what a bunch of Jihadists would do in a HEARTBEAT if they actually ever got the opportunity to???

Yes, 24 is fiction, but if you think these animals wouldn't detonate a nuke in an american city in a heartbeat if they could.. you are an idiot.

[presidio9]

Instead of watching it this season, you really ought to think about starting from the beginning on DVD. That's how I did it. This is the first season that I am actually watching the shows as they come out, and I find the other way to be far more entertaining.

[zeke15]

I found myself doubting that the program would risk absurdity Right...but 1 man saving the country time and again with all odds against him, nothing absurd about that, right? Find another cause, 24 critics. It's a TV show.

[agincourt1415]

Its just "The Sum of all Fears" the book, not the movie, all over again, nothing new.

We are at War, it might help if we can imagine what a Terrorist Oganization might do.

[Ben Mugged]

I think that if there was an error made by "24" it was in distracting the public by using the "myth" of a readily available suitcase nuke. If in fact they were available on the black market as implied, the triggers would have long since been rendered useless by nuclear decay. Other components are also subject to nuclear deterioration.

The more pertinent threat is from biological or chemical sources. Doesn't make for as good a TV story, but cheaper and easier to acquire and employ.

[ctdonath2]

Quite. It's not like it wasn't depicted before.

Jericho.
Sum Of All Fears.
The Day After.
...and plenty of others.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Given that there are easily, oh, 10 million people in the world who would stand up and cheer at the real version of Monday night's fictionalized attack,

There would be passing out of sweets and lots of ululating all over the middle east, far more than 10 million, easily over 100 million cheering.

[WestCoastGal]

Well if he bites Simon next, that's really too far. :)

[kalee]

ping

[Indy Pendance]

Was he going to bootleg them to capitulate?

[BallyBill]

I'm still in shock from seeing some guy named Moe poke this cute chubby guy in the eyes.

Nyuk, Nyuk!

[TomGuy]

It ran Sunday (2 hours) & Monday (2 hours) to premier the new season.

Now it settles into a Monday 8 CST/9 EST (1 hour) slot.

Near the end of the run, it may run additional 2-hour features.

[presidio9]

When you present the Stations of the Cross exactly as Catholics reflect on them, or a plausible terrorist scenario that was in the news far before 9/11, you are stirring up hate.

When you insinuate that tired lies about Christ are the truth, or you quote Reagan as saying "Homosexuals brought AIDS upon themselves," it's just entertainment.

There's a big difference between the two.

[technomage]

What is the underlying message behind all this media 24 bashing?

The message is the libs know how powerful images on television are and how they can sway the peeples opinion of things. They are admitting that.

So next time you hear a lib telling us that images of sex, violence, lewd conduct, etc., do not affect our kids and our behavior because it is only a television show or movie, point out the liberal reaction to the images on 24, which after all, is just a television show.

How could the images on 24 possibly affect the peeples beliefs and behavior while images of violence on other shows do not?