NBC fires opening propaganda salvo on McCain?
by Leo Pusateri on February 27th, 2008 at 09:58pm
Reader Sid draws our attention to the NBC series, Medium. This Monday, the series will reportedly feature an episode in which a US Senator (from Arizona) hides a dark secret about his actions at a POW Camp during Vietnam (video preview here). Reader Sid states
while in the show the Senator might be a Democrat, come on the show is set in Phoenix. Most likely they aren’t going to emphasize that the character is a Democrat though in the past I believe they mentioned that the DA is so if he is surely his top supporter would be as well.But the main characteristics of the character (Arizona US Senator, former Vietnam prisoner of war) sure points to McCain. (And like I said he is practically a Democrat).
This is obviously NBC again using its dramas for political motives. Just like they did with their so called “Green Week”.
Look for this as possibly the first salvo for the attempted propaganda-inspired de-inflation of John McCain.
Click here to create an account on Blogs For Victory and post comments!
February 27th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
I see the New York Times is saying that McCain may be intelligible for President because he was born in the Canal Zone.
Now we owned the zone then, so is this an issue? Or is it just the next thing on the Times list? I wonder how big that list is.
February 27th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
Again the entire media is against the repubs, just like science and factuality.
McCain intelligible? Not that I have seen.
We would never allow a court decide our election results, so I wouldn’t worry about him being ‘intelligible’, I hate how spellcheck doesn’t catch typos that aren’t misspelled.
February 27th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
OK, everybody turn out their lights Monday night. It’s more important we save the planet, right?
February 27th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
BARRASSO, I’m so fglad that you caught my spelling mistake. Of course, I meant ineligible. I love Firefox - but you’re right about it not catching the wrong word.
But, so you think McCain isn’t intelligible? Really? I guess I’m missing your logic.
February 27th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Hah! misspelled a word in my correction post, jeeezzzz
February 27th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Kahn,
Legally the Canal Zone was US territory - and that is why it required a treaty ratified by the US Senate to transfer sovereignty to Panama.
I suppose the MSM will just try everything - but this dog won’t hunt.
February 28th, 2008 at 1:12 am
Nothing really meant by McCain being intelligible he is quite well spoken compared to some. Just thought it was a funny typo.
I do think people read way too much into fictional shows that are made for profit over ideology every time. I think the fictional senator from Arizona angle is more likely to be an adding of interest to a plot than an endorsement of political views. If 24 could get high ratings showing Jack Bauer knitting for peace the show would be filled with knitting, but a certain segment of the population needs some arab torture porn. If it makes them money all the better.
February 28th, 2008 at 1:41 am
West Wing wasn’t about ideology?
February 28th, 2008 at 1:56 am
And ER had a character attending a support group for families of those in Iraq and whingeing about how Bush lied to get us there.
I lost track of how many shows would just toss in some anti-Bush comment, not relevant to anything in the show but just for grins….
Boston Legal would stage whole trials so lawyers could make long impassioned speeches about the various evils of conservatism. The token conservative on the show is a drunken lecherous buffoon whose commentary is designed to make it look like it is the idea that is laughable, not the character.
Brothers and Sisters has Sally Field constantly moaning and groaning about the disappointment of having a Republican daughter, and tossing out anti-Republican comments.
Can anyone name one single “entertainment” show that savaged Democrats like this? Ever? For anything?
I had to laugh at the idea of the so-called “Fairness Doctrine”—-it would have gutted most of prime time TV, having to ridicule and slime Libs as much as they always did Republicans.
February 28th, 2008 at 2:05 am
I have to admit I have never seen an episode of West Wing it just looked boring, I have to have it be funny or filled with action to keep my short attention span working. That is why I sited 24 even though I am a liberal, it is entertaining no matter how simple minded and silly.
February 28th, 2008 at 2:09 am
‘Can anyone name one single ?entertainment? show that savaged Democrats like this? Ever? For anything?’
Those shows wouldn’t bash Bush if the majority didn’t agree that bush should be bashed, otherwise they wouldn’t make a profit.Most people think Bush is an idiot. Free market Bush bashing.
February 28th, 2008 at 3:09 am
?Can anyone name one single ?entertainment? show that savaged Democrats like this? Ever? For anything??
The Fox News produced show was called the 1/2 News Hour. According to Joel Surnow, it was supposed to be a “Daily Show for conservatives.” It just wasn’t funny. The market spoke and the show was cancelled after a few episodes. Why don’t you be the judge? Check it out on youtube. You might like it.
February 28th, 2008 at 5:03 am
Is McCain actually identified in the show? No.
End of story.
February 28th, 2008 at 8:09 am
Magnum Serpentine is living proof of the following postulate:
1. Liberals. Can’t. Link.
February 29th, 2008 at 3:03 am
Hey look we can’t help it if your shows that lambast liberals are pathetic and have no audience. Case in point that 1/2 hour News Hour on Fox. All I could say was I never knew boredom could hurt that bad.
February 29th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Magnum Serpentine, no, McCain isn’t actually identified in the show but the character in the show is an Arizona US Senator who was in a Prisoner of War camp during Vietnam.
But I am sure that the writers didn’t have McCain in mind when developing that character (yeah, right!).
March 4th, 2008 at 12:35 am
We just watched the episode of Medium titled “Aftertaste”. We had no prior knowledge of the content. Not long into the hour we looked at each other saying “an Arizona senator, who spent years in a POW camp in Vietnam”, wonder who they are talking about!!! The story line has the senator hiding a dark secret of murder and cannibalism. This is awful. We have been watching Medium since it started and we are disgusted.
March 5th, 2008 at 9:33 am
I thought that the show was pretty bad. It seemed designed to make us question what horrible, unspeakable things people may have done as POWs, and whether they aren’t permanently flawed as a result.
In the show there were 4 ex-POWs that seemed to have led honorable lives since returning, but every single one of them in the end was willing to commit murder, in order to cover up their earlier crime. Although all of the ex-POWs in the show were evil, the worst by far was the Arizona senator.
If the writers and producers weren’t trying to send a message, they surely would have spotted the similarities and changed the plot a bit. How can this be anything but deliberate? It’s not worth a lot of attention, but it doesn’t hurt to note a sleazy trick like this.
And I agree with Almiranta - shows are trying to show ‘balance’ by adding conservative characters, but the characters only spout garbled nonsense sprinkled with a few conservative terms. On Brothers and Sisters, a central character is a conservative but never gives a logical argument on anything. In this case, I’m not sure that the bias is even deliberate - perhaps the writers aren’t capable of stating conservative views coherently. All they hear is “blah, blah, blah, personal reponsibility, blah, blah blah, freedom, blah, blah, blah…”