Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Anchor (2009)
Season 11, Episode 10
5/10
I don't like being told what to think
16 December 2014
Warning: Spoilers
**I don't think this review actually has spoilers in it, but I don't want anyone on my case so I issued the warning for those who might interpret it differently. There is no revelation of whodunit or how it ends in this review, though some of the others will let you know those things ** I will begin by saying that I do not listen to Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, Beck, or any of the other conservative radio hosts. I listen a lot to NPR except when I'm driving long stretches and fear it will put me to sleep (somebody in the show agreed with me, saying it will make us all "zombies"). Having said that, I don't like these cutesy indoctrination shows that try to tell us what to think.

Liberal souls love the first amendment, except when applied to conservatives. That's the main thrust of this episode: the danger of conservatives having 1st Amendment protection, because, after all, they incite violence! So get good ol' Jack from MacGyver, and turn him into Rush Limbaugh. Great work, Mr. Wolf, of even getting him to pose for a poster that makes him look like Limbaugh's long lost twin brother. We got the message before that.

But just in case we hoi polloi are still too sheepishly stupid to draw the conclusion you wanted us to draw, go ahead and mention Limbaugh, O'Reilly,and Beck, even though you have a disclaimer with the show that no "real people" are to be represented here.

I loved that this show as going to give Fin a chance to develop his character, and it does a great job of that. The investigation was heart-rending, and this could have been a great show.

But it ended up being a cheap political ad. If I were a right-wing conservative, I would be furious. If your theory is right, I might even be furious enough to want to kill the writer of this show.

As an NPR listener, I only resented the insult to my intelligence. Don't do it again. I might smash your window and then get a liberal lawyer to represent me.
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