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The politics of 24
by Meredith O'Brien, posted Feb 8th 2007 8:02PM
It's the debate that just won't end.
Is 24 a show that promotes -- or at time caricatures -- certain political points of view? Is it pro-torture? Or is it just an extremely engrossing fictional jaunt through the Los Angeles metropolitan area with intrepid terrorist hunter Jack Bauer?
Several articles have cropped up recently, once again analyzing the politics of 24:
A staffer at Media Matters, a left-leaning watchdog group, wrote a piece saying that conservative politicians are pointing to 24's success as a "national referendum on torture." But he says they're wrong.
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