TV's Law & Order Cracks Down on White Men

Toogood Reports ^ | 29 December 2002 | Nicholas Stix

[L.N. Smithee]

O.k., o.k., Detective. But if Tovah had never had ANY help, and I were single and had the opportunity, I still wouldn't throw her out of bed for eating crackers.

If I were married to Tovah, I would wear Krispy Saltine pajamas every night!

I've had a crush on Tovah every since I saw her guest starring on some forgettable 70's cop show. Whatta face!

BTW, Tovah turns 50 tomorrow.

[L.N. Smithee]

If you ever watched the show, and paid attention, you'd know that this particular show is built on the oft-repeated claim that its story lines are "fact-based." The small- print disclaimer is to protect the producers against law suits, and is directly contradicted by the commercials and opening titles' trumpeting that the shows are "ripped from the headlines" and "fact-based."

This is one of the reasons that over all these years of Law & Order in so many different incarnations, I have only watched the documentary-style Crime & Punishment version more than twice. It drives me crazy when I see a real-life story gutted of its actual lessons so the creators of the TV show can substitute their own irrelevant ones.

[gaspar]

Have you ever seen a TV program with a courtroom scene where the judge wasn't an African-American?

[Bogolyubski]

If a white perpetrator was portrayed as black on a TV series (like L & O), a lawsuit would probably be filed against Wolf and Co. for defamation by the NAACP and their allies. Is there an attorney out there willing to do the same for an organization like European-American Issues Forum (I think that's the name of a anti-defamation group for whites)? It high time leftist elites like Wolf are called to account in court for their actions.

[sport]

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[Sonny M]

Just to note. In a law and order episode that was based on the Puerto Rican day parade, there was a large amount of controversy. People were screaming for Dick Wolf's head, he has since promised that it will never be aired, not even in reruns of syndication. He has also gotten in trouble for a couple of episodes of Law and Order criminal intent for making the African American ADA look "disrespected by the white officers," "sleazy" and "out of the loop." Its clear that Dick Wolf is liberal, but its also clear that left wing and liberal groups are more poised to protest any slight whether real or not that they perceive. He is responding in the most politically correct and safest way. When law and order portrays pro-lifers as "kooks" (which, every single episode dealing with abortion has done). There is no outcry, there is no protest, anything that trashes conservatives is generally left alone without much expressed anger or protest. However this does not apply to liberals. Maybe Wolf feels that conservatives have thicker skin, or that liberals are just overly sensitive. Either way, he is always going to play it safe and not risk offending the more vocal and sensitive groups.

[Sonny M]

I hope your not referring to the "National Organization For European American Rights" group. It was founded by David Duke as supposedly a civil rights organization to help european americans against discrimination, etc. In reality, its been pretty much exposed as a sham, and a money making fraud for David Duke has his connected bunch, with mailing lists being mailed out to race hate groups, solicitations, etc.

[altura]

I hate to tell you, cause I like him too, but, yeah, he signed.

[Fishrrman]

I've found the solution to the biased interpretations of actual events, such as those portrayed in this article:

I don't watch television anymore (except for The Weather Channel and old movies through the VCR).

Similarly, I don't go to the movies anymore. Haven't been inside a movie theater in years. Again, I prefer older films, and either view them from my home archives, or rent one if need be.

Since there is relatively little that can be done to counter the left-wing media and art-content creators, perhaps the only thing left to do is to _ignore them_ .

Cheers!
- John

[Green Knight]

Haven't watched Law & Order for a long time, now, and I've never sat through a whole episode of Criminal Intent (I tried watching ONCE, but the episode just so happened to be about a DASTARDLY Pro-Lifer putting pictures of aborted babies around his apartment to try to convince his girlfriend/wife not to have an abortion. The BASTARD! /sarcasm), so I really don't care myself whether D'Onofrio signed it or not. I'm just glad that Kiefer Sutherland didn't sign. I absolutely LOVE 24 and I'd hate for the guy who plays Jack Bauer to be a lefty kook. He may yet be one, but at the very least he has the sense to keep his opinions to himself and instead concentrates on doing great work.

[Green Knight]

I've personally been of the opinion for a while, now, that conservatives in Hollywood ought to get together and make a production company where they put out movies and tv shows about the REAL America, rather than what Hollyweird thinks America IS. Just look at Fox News. Even though journalism is dominated by leftists, they still managed to make a news network which ISN'T a liberal mouthpiece, and gives conservatism equal time.

Ah, if only someone like Charlton Heston and/or Mel Gibson were to get it into their heads and do something like that. Unfortunately Heston's fallen ill so he can't do something like that even if he wanted to (IMO, he could've done much more good for America in that capacity than as President of the NRA, but that's just me). But thankfully, Mel's keeping up his subversive work, recently with The Patriot and We Were Soldiers and now with his upcoming movie about Jesus. I can not WAIT to see that one! To bad he's only directing. Oh well. Still got the new Mad Max to look forward to.

[mrustow]

Thanks for the link. The lady is what the scientific literature calls, a "cutie pie." BTW, could the show you first saw her on have been Barnaby Jones?

[mrustow]

Have you ever seen a TV program with a courtroom scene where the judge wasn't an African-American?

But of course! I have seen many courtroom scenes presided over by white female judge characters. And I have seen a few white male judge characters -- but they were often corrupt or openly biased.

[mrustow]

If a white perpetrator was portrayed as black on a TV series (like L & O), a lawsuit would probably be filed against Wolf and Co. for defamation by the NAACP and their allies. Is there an attorney out there willing to do the same for an organization like European-American Issues Forum (I think that's the name of a anti-defamation group for whites)? It high time leftist elites like Wolf are called to account in court for their actions.

I dunno; why don't you contact EAIF, and ask 'em?

European American Issues Forum

[mrustow]

Bumpbackatcha!

[Hawkeye's Girl]

Just to note. In a law and order episode that was based on the Puerto Rican day parade, there was a large amount of controversy. People were screaming for Dick Wolf's head, he has since promised that it will never be aired, not even in reruns of syndication.

No, that was NBC. In a recent USA Today article, Wolf slammed the network for buckling under that pressure because "we insult everybody".

He has also gotten in trouble for a couple of episodes of Law and Order criminal intent for making the African American ADA look "disrespected by the white officers," "sleazy" and "out of the loop."

Well, A.D.A Carver is dumber than Detective Goren, who happens to be a white heterosexual male. But EVERYONE ELSE on the show is also stupider than Goren, so it sure isn't racism.

Its clear that Dick Wolf is liberal, but its also clear that left wing and liberal groups are more poised to protest any slight whether real or not that they perceive.

Oh, totally.

He is responding in the most politically correct and safest way. When law and order portrays pro-lifers as "kooks" (which, every single episode dealing with abortion has done).

I beg to differ. On Criminal Intent, both Carver and Goren are pro-life; it's the redheaded chick who is the pro-abortion Nazi as she demonstrated in an episode last season. Plus, on the original, if you go waaay back, there was a first season abortion episode that had Greevy and Stone on the pro-life side and Logan and Robinette on the pro-choice side.

There is no outcry, there is no protest, anything that trashes conservatives is generally left alone without much expressed anger or protest. However this does not apply to liberals. Maybe Wolf feels that conservatives have thicker skin, or that liberals are just overly sensitive. Either way, he is always going to play it safe and not risk offending the more vocal and sensitive groups.

Not really. Last season classic L&O featured an anti-environmental episode that was so against tree huggers I laughed my butt off for a half an hour straight. It featured such classic lines as "When will they grow up?" and "Ah Democrats, I've had problems with them before."

Bottom line, Law and Order really does insult everyone equally. You just have to watch enough episodes.

[Hawkeye's Girl]

I wouldn't worry too much about it. Whatever he thinks, D'Onofrio doesn't like publicity, so I doubt you'll see him using his fame to browbeat people into his position like Sean Penn.