MEDIA MATTERS 'Minuteman'-like murderers convicted on 'Law & Order' (Hollywood Left Alert)

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | November 16, 2005 | Joe Kovacs

[Jacob Kell]

Two members of a civilian border-patrol group similar to the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps were depicted as guilty of murder in tonight's episode of NBC's "Law & Order."

[wvobiwan]

Minutemen, only guilty on TV!

[massgopguy]

When's the episode about the Illegal Alien who murders the cop?

[TCats]

I saw this outrage last night and posted the following on another thread. I also promptly fired off the following E-Mail to LawOrder@nbcuni.com, the E-Mail address I obtained from their Website:

Dear Sirs,

I am a long time viewer of your series "Law and Order" and usually come away from any particular episode feeling entertained and having thoughts provoked.

Unfortunately, tonight's episode was neither unless you count rage among emotions encompassed in the term 'Thought Provoking'. What the program was was simply 'Provoking' - period.

From my perspective the episode was a naked indictment of a whole segment of Society. According to your writers and producers the 'Usual Suspects' were nabbed - In this case Middle Aged White Men (Undoubtedly Born Again Christians) using the charade of Patriotism and assistance in enforcing the Law as a cover for their 'Real' intentions to shred the Constitution, kill minorities and rat out each other in the process of pursuing their greedy ends.

Pathetic and a true disservice to a serious subject. For shame!

[Sonny M]

And Fred Thompson had nothing to say.....

A paycheck is a paycheck.

[gunnedah]

Law and Order like other NBC shows has become a political tool for the left. Recently all you see is what the left leaning elite think. The Homosexual/Lesbian agenda is being pushed very hard and now this.

[pawdoggie]

And Fred Thompson had nothing to say.....

So much for the fledgling "draft Fred Thompson" in this forum. I notice he's called "Fred Dalton Thompson" by the network. Trying to camouflage his "body of work", perhaps?

[Kimmers]

Well said...I saw the ad for this episode and decided not to watch it...I already guessed at the Hollywood outcome for it and according to your comment I was right....Your comments to NBC were well written.

[Minnesocold]

Law & Odor: Ripped from the headlines...

[Jacob Kell]

"When Law and Order like other NBC shows has become a political tool for the left."

When did this happen?

[MizSterious]

Nothing all that "recent" about it. We quit watching it years ago because so many episodes demonized guns.

[polymuser]

Will this episode be aired in Spanish?

[frankenMonkey]

Did you catch any of E-Ring last night? Christian terrorists threaten to blow up Muslims.

[Bear_Slayer]

Flaw & Odor

[Bear_Slayer]

Flaw & Odor ripped from the hemline

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Yeah, totally stupid and Hollyweird. Boring.

[Minnesocold]

Watch Simpson's clip (Real media).

[Lee'sGhost]

They did a number of Christians last night on E-ring. Hollywood and the rest of the left smells blood in the water bec of Dubya's poll numbers and they are pulling out all of the stops. I expect it to get worse before it gets better.

Oh, yeah, didn't watch it but from the previews it looked like the "Republican" on Commander in Chief" was going to get caught in some dastardly private situation and the "morally superior" Gena Davis/President would decide not to use it. Don't know if that's what happened but that's what it looked like.

[Republican Red]

Ratings last night:

On NBC, the just full season renewed E-Ring opened at a respectable 6.9/10 in the overnights (#2), 9.53 million viewers (#2), and a third-place 2.8/ 8 among adults 18-49. Lead-out The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, which might have worked had Donald Trump rested his version of the franchise, followed at a typically lackluster 5.2/ 7 in the overnights (#3), 6.35 million viewers (#4), and a 2.4/ 6 among adults 18-49 (#4) at 9 p.m. Tired Law & Order capped off the evening with a 9.1/14 in the overnights (#2), 11.43 million viewers (#2), and a last-place 3.4/ 9 among adults 18-49.

Media Week

[xkaydet65]

It's annoying because I really like the NYC edge to L&O, but Wolf has always taken groups, principally conservative, with which he has disagrements and stretched those disagreements into murder. Hell, he had two versions of Bernie Kerik being a murderer one on L&O and the other on, I think, L&O Crim intent.Wolf hides behind his disclaimer that the shows do not represent any real person, while at the same time the ads for all L&Os stress the "ripped from the headlines" content. Problem is the acting's great, the writing and dialogue make most TV shows appear illiterate, and they can draw on a multitude of actors to play those bit parts of NYers with extreme authenticity. So I am annoyed by the politics, but the show is too much fun to stay away.