Monday, December 05, 2005

TV Fiction Realer Than Reality?

MOLLIE BRADLEY-MARTIN
Submitted by liberalgirlnextdoor to the Smirking Chimp

What is going on with the television? Turn on the news and there is no news there, but turn on everyone's favorite television crime show, Law and Order, and they are playing out the dark side of the Patriot Act that allows for the federal government to effectively steal information from local police and cover up crimes if it serves their purposes. The pundits tell us that America is a Christian nation as if that alone explains why George W. Bush is sitting in the Oval Office, but then we see a clip from a reality television show, Trading Spouses, that exposes evangelicals as the crazies they are. What the hell is going on in this place?

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