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The other day, I was thinking of a discussion my liberal minded father had with me when I was a youngster, circa 1983. The discussion regarded shows like Magnum PI and Dukes of Hazzard and others that featured dangerous car stunts and fisticuffs and shootouts and other violence. Dad told me that he had recently watched an interview with a real life private investigator and that person said that the work they did mainly involved marital infidelity and company embezzlement, fairly dull and mundane things. The real life fellow said that the idea of getting into even one violent situation like the Tom Selleck character did on a weekly basis was absolutely ridiculous and certainly not at all realistic. You can also consider that the car stunts and fist fights Bo and Luke Duke (John Schneider and Tom Wopat) engaged in on “Dukes” would likely have you either very seriously injured or dead in a very short span.

Now, let’s transfer this to the 24/7 networks. Places like Vermont and Maine have the most casual of firearms laws and are among the least violent places on the continent, the accusations involving Roy Moore are very likely false as they do not fit a pattern of a habitual abuser and the persons doing the accusations have very questionable backgrounds and very likely strong political motivations to have recently them, the Mueller investigation is now been revealed to have been likely very seriously compromised by it’s bias and corruption. Yet, CNN and other news outlets portrayed these stories and others in such a manner not too dissimilar from what we saw on primetime action shows back in the day (very physically or emotionally violent and graphic). As an endnote, I also remember being told then that “Barney Miller” and the British produced “The Chinese Detective” were the more realistic police programs on TV.