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changemonger (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:42 PM Original message |
What was the purpose of "24" ? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. absolutely |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. I never watched it. People told me it was about torture, so I figured it was |
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changemonger (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. It "surprisingly" justifies a lot of right-wing talking points |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. That's what teevee is for, after all. It manipulates our desires and outrage. nt |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. I agree. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. The one or two episodes I caught never compelled me to "love" it. |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. I haven't seen it |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's good popcorn tv. n/t |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. true on the propaganda, but also a positive... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Plus remember how terrible the previous "black president" was in office |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. entertainment |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. So everyone who hates it never watched it. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. I've been watching West Wing for a few weeks |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's entertaining, or it used to be, but... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. I've seen a few episodes and, while I like Kiefer Sutherland, the show I saw |
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Justyce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. The only purpose it served for me was to waste an entire day of my life. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. LOL! reminds me of when I was getting prepped for surgery |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Just be glad it wasn't Flash Gordon! n/t |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I'm glad it wasn't Modern Problems |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. I enjoyed the first season (watched it on DVD over a couple of weeks) |
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changemonger (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. not the Iraq war specifically, but the war on terror as a whole |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Actually the show was in production months before 9/11 & the GWOT |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. A Rovian creation |
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Veritas_et_Aequitas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. Propaganda cloaked as entertainment. |
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changemonger (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. that would be the best way to describe it |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
17. you might want to distance yourself from people who are "passionate" about television programming |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. Catharsis for the lower end of the Tom Clancy literacy scale. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
22. "Terrorism chic," I called it |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. Dramatic, thrilling entertainment that tapped into the spirit of the times. |
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changemonger (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I disagree |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I'm open to reading about the coincidences. |
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changemonger (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I'm not an expert... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. I came across an article or interview a few years back that said just that |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. From the few times that I've watched |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. That's weird, I had the opposite impression |
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changemonger (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. did you ever study propaganda ? |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Have you read "Propaganda" by Jacques Ellul?... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. to attract viewers, get ratings, sell ads and make money |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Seconded. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. To make money for the people that produce it. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
38. Of course it's propaganda |
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Seen the light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. Up until Season 6, it was the best show on TV |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. to get people to watch the commercials that the advertisers paid for. |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
41. It's just a TV show. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's TV. Nothing nefarious. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
44. There's enough violence in the world, why would I watch a fictional account of more violence? |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-28-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. Not surprising at all. |
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