Nuclear Blast on TV's '24' Causes Fallout for Fox (PC crybaby alert)

ABC News ^ | 1/15/07

[Wild Irish Rogue]

"But some national security experts worry that television fantasy can trigger the imagination of terrorists.
Jack Cloonan, a former senior agent on the FBI's bin Laden squad in New York,
said that trainees in former al-Qaeda camps watched movie videos "to get ideas."

Uh oh....I hope Al Queda doesn't watch 24.
It might give them the idea to use suicide bombers and suitcase nukes.

[windcliff]

We missed out.

[ichabod1]

He seems to be the only man more irascible than she is. She's changed though, dressing up in a suit etc.

[myrabach]

I was telling my grandson this morning that I found a flaw in the story and that was that the scientist and a part were needed to detonate the bomb. What's up with the other 4? My grandson and I watched Sunday and Monday together... we are HUGE fans and what fun we have sharing the show. Oh and for all the pc folks, he is old enough to watch.

And even if, as you asked about there being 4 or 5 total of those parts, they would have gone up in the blast. Unless of course there are 4 more parts scattered all over the country? They don't usually leave such gaping inconsistencies that I notice and I'm sure they won't here either. I'm just curious how they will work it out.

[GMMAC]

"Imagine how inconceivable it would be to have a Kennedy who didn't follow the family party-line. If there is such a Kennedy, I haven't heard of him/her."

From what I've read, if there was one, it was likely JFK Jr. whom, aside from Ann Coulter speaking highly of him & if nothing else, at least had the good sense to distance himself somewhat from the rest of that braying herd of self-important drunkards, rapists & sundry other moral bankrupts.

BTW, surely there isn't a better example of the self-proclaimed 'egalitarian' (snicker!) left's shameless hypocrisy than it's fawning worship of the members of alleged 'political dynasties' like the Kennedy and, up here, Trudeau families ??? Sheesh !!!

[Erasmus]

To add to the lore, "Rothschild," which means "red sign" in mediaeval German, was supposedly adopted because of the sign he hung out over his store.

Which means that the name should not be pronounced "roths-child," but more like "rote-shildt."

[Skywarner]

It was intended for somewhere else (LA?). The iSlamofascists detonated the device prematurely as their compound was being raided by CTU.

[ssaftler]

ALSO -- just remembered that the VP under Logan last season was blown up in an airplane

Wasn't it the President that was killed in Air Force 1 that allowed Logan to ascend to the Presidency? Still brings up the 25th Amendment part about replacement veep, though I seem to recall there was someone on the show...

[Squawk 8888]

It might give them the idea to use suicide bombers and suitcase nukes.

Are you kidding? A suitcase nuke and some dumb kid looking for 72 virgins is every Islamist's wet dream.

[showme_the_Glory]

sure and when this president get killed the sister will be the next president because of her ACLU/CAIR type character. The woman wil come and save us all. /sarc.
I enjoy the show, but even more, I love how it drives the rats absolutely bonkers.

[TruthWillWin]

Wasn't it the President that was killed in Air Force 1 that allowed Logan to ascend to the Presidency?

That's the way I remember it.

[shield]

All this could happen. ABC doesn't won't folks to realize this...if they do...then then then the folks may support the WOT including Iraq!!!!!!!!

[montag813]

I don't think the show is liberal at all.

I didnt say it was. I was responding to the absurd statement by the Muslim activist that it was politically motivated. "24" is very balanced.

[rintense]

Well ABC seems to think it does. LOL. And we all know ABC programming is based on proven FACT. Heh.

[No.6]

"In CTU headquarters — which is information central — they are always watching Fox News," Biancilli said. "Now that is ridiculous."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in the first part of yesterday's two-parter there was a CNN-lookalike station in the anti-terror HQ screen (same layout) but for obvious reasons it'd been labeled "CNB." Obviously a FOX show doesn't have to relabel FOX.

[Enchante]

I don't remember ABC showing such concern about "propaganda" when they made their own TV movie as propaganda for the "nuclear freeze" movement back in 1983:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After


Oh, sure, ABC just wanted to provoke "discussion" but they just happened to be inspired by another leftist propagand piece "The China Syndrome" and just happened to coordinate their own propaganda piece with the height of the nuclear freeze movement.....

[rintense]

Oh yeah, he's coming back, as it Jean Smart. I was referring to S7 though. Not really sure the direction of S6. Seems a bit much, though, to through out the nuke in the first four hours and have Muslim terrorists be the blame. I'm still more worried about the deal with China. I wonder if the deal was they would hand over Jack Bauer in return for Logan being released from prison.

[shield]

A long suffering health problem...Hmmm....

Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

[onedoug]

"Oh, from this I may never recover."

[Erasmus]

Well, President David Palmer is back this season.

Of course, he's in the commercials....