How many cop shows do networks think we need?

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Rooskie91@discuss.online · 17 pts · 359d

Funny thing about propaganda. The only factor that mattters is volume. Most people agree with stuff if they see it enough.

ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 359d

As many as possible so you don't even think about them as the wolves to their fellow men that they are, and so you become more accepting of the even more repressive totalitarian police-state you will gradually find yourself in!

ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 359d

Enough so that when suburb kids move to the city and actually experience crime they can get whiplash when they realize cops won’t do shit about anything and are entirely reactionary and/or just make shit up

Professorozone@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 359d

With everything that's going on these days, I can't even watch cop shows anymore.

jordanlund@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 359d (2 replies)

It's been this way since I was a kid. The cynic in me says it's intentional to desensitize us to the police state.

  1. Cops arresting criminals.
  2. Detectives investigating crimes and arresting criminals.
  3. Lawyers prosecuting criminals.
  4. Hospitals treating victims and criminals.

That's easily, what? 70% of television? I'm too lazy to look at actual TV schedules, but god, it feels that way. The Law and Order shows ALONE.

(NGL - I loved Homicide)

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 359d (1 reply)

Almost all dramas currently on network TV are about cops, lawyers, doctors, or firefighters

jordanlund@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 359d

My guess would be, assuming nothing nefarious, 😉 They're easy to write, cheap to produce, and draw an audience. So from a media perspective, what's not to like?

Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 359d

It’s propaganda. They all have the same theme: cops good, drugs bad….America is #1….Yawn.

orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 359d

Damn. I read this as "How many network cop shows do we think we need?" I figured we might find a sensible answer.

JackLSauce@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 359d

6

Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 359d

Enough to make you all ok with troops in your streets.

Looks like they found the right number.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 359d
  1. No, 3!