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Tom Delay Mad at L&O
NBC clashes with Tom DeLay on Law & Order
By Steve Gorman Thu May 26,10:05 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representative Majority Leader Tom DeLay accused NBC on Thursday of slurring his name by including an unflattering reference to him on the NBC police drama "Law & Order: Criminal Intent." DeLay's name surfaced on Wednesday night on the show's season finale, which centered on the fictional slayings of two judges by suspected right-wing extremists. In the episode, police are frustrated by a lack of clues, leading one officer to quip, "Maybe we should put out an APB (all-points-bulletin) for somebody in a Tom DeLay T-shirt." In a letter to NBC Universal Television Group President Jeff Zucker, DeLay wrote: "This manipulation of my name and trivialization of the sensitive issue of judicial security represents a reckless disregard for the suffering initiated by recent tragedies and a great disservice to public discourse." The Texas Republican went on to suggest the "slur" against him was intended as a jab at comments he had made about "the need for Congress to closely monitor the federal judiciary." NBC Entertainment President Kevin Reilly responded in a statement that the dialogue in question "was neither a political comment nor an accusation." "The script line involved an exasperated detective bedeviled by a lack of clues, making a sarcastic comment about the futility of looking for a suspect when no specific description existed," Reilly said. He added: "It's not unusual for 'Law & Order' to mention real names in its fictional stories. We're confident in our viewers' ability to distinguish between the two." The show, which frequently incorporates stories and themes ripped from the headlines, aired weeks after a white supremacist was sentenced to 40 years in prison for plotting to assassinate a federal judge whose husband and elderly mother were later slain by another man angry at the judge. That judge, Joan Lefkow, appeared earlier this month before the Senate Judiciary Committee to rebuke politicians and other public figures who have used inflammatory language to criticize judicial decisions they disagreed with. She said such rhetoric encouraged violence against judges. Some leading Republicans used harsh terms to condemn judges earlier this year after courts failed to intervene to save the life of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman who died after her feeding tube was removed at her husband's request but against her parents' wishes. At the time, DeLay said, "The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior." Producer Dick Wolf, creator of the "Law & Order" franchise, took a swipe at DeLay in his own statement on Thursday, saying, "I ... congratulate Congressman DeLay for switching the spotlight from his own problems to an episode of a TV show." The flap came as ethics questions swirling around DeLay mounted with a Texas judge ruling on Thursday that a political action committee formed by the congressman violated state law by failing to disclose $600,000 in mostly corporate donations. The show's season finale drew 14.5 million viewers, but DeLay wasn't one of them. An aide said he heard about the show through his wife, who learned of it from someone else who saw the episode. ------------------ Nothing really important but the bolded line made me laugh quite a bit. Haven't politicians learned to never take on television? SI
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05-31-2005, 01:14 PM | #2 |
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Tom De Lay is an idiot and a crook. But hey- we all know that.
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05-31-2005, 01:19 PM | #3 |
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Well played, Dick Wolf.
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05-31-2005, 05:35 PM | #4 |
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Wow, what a lame thing to cry about.
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05-31-2005, 06:02 PM | #5 |
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delay is a homo
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05-31-2005, 06:07 PM | #6 |
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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05-31-2005, 06:20 PM | #7 | |
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05-31-2005, 07:56 PM | #8 |
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Classic. Dick Wolf Rulz!
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05-31-2005, 07:57 PM | #9 |
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Dick Wolf delivered the smackdown. Nice.
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05-31-2005, 09:32 PM | #10 |
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L & O pushes its liberal agenda every chance it gets, now its taking cheap shots at politicians its producers/creator doesn't like. Should probably be investigated by the IRS for being yet another fund-raising arm of the democratic party.
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05-31-2005, 09:38 PM | #11 | |
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hehe-- oh, wait, you were serious... Can we investigate Fox News as a fund-raising arm of the Republican Party? SI
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05-31-2005, 10:10 PM | #12 | |
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Nah, that would open too big a can of worms...like why do democrats get to campaign in churches with the pastor's endorsements and republicans can't. Or how can CNN make deals with the Saddam government NOT to report atrocities so it can keep its presence inside Bagdad leading up to the war...all kinds of messy stuff like that. |
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05-31-2005, 10:17 PM | #13 |
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Tom DeLay needs to remember what being a public figure means. It means that the occasional unflattering pop culture reference is part of the deal. And it's not like he didn't do anything to create this problem for himself.
As far as Bubba's comments go - a lot of great TV shows were much, much more political than L&O. Last edited by clintl : 05-31-2005 at 10:19 PM. |
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05-31-2005, 10:25 PM | #15 | |
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I can live with that! |
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05-31-2005, 11:32 PM | #16 |
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People should know better than to mess with a man named Dick Wolf.
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06-01-2005, 12:50 AM | #17 |
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So, who had the odds on Bubba's trolling this thread instead of the one regarding the church-mandating judge ?
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06-01-2005, 06:12 AM | #18 | |
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06-01-2005, 06:19 AM | #19 |
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I'll ask BW for one thing...PROOF...just like I do on every thread where he spouts these absurdities.
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Of course, we know how the rest of this will play out:
BW: I think x is wrong because Bible says so. Period." Counter: The Bible is wrong, you're interpreting it incorrectly or Christianity isn't the only religion in the USA. BW: OMGOMG YOU HATE ALL CHRISTIANS, YOUR GOING TO HELL, WTF??!? (repeat ad nauseum) Last edited by Blackadar : 06-01-2005 at 07:39 AM. |
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Yea, well...I posted the short version. Though I think you have the sequencing wrong. Instead of Quote:
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06-01-2005, 01:34 PM | #23 |
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Didn't see that one. Must be slipping. Does go to show, however, that by his own admission one Bubba is worth at least 15 Blackadars.
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06-01-2005, 02:03 PM | #24 |
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Yes, you are 15 times more annoying that Blackadar.
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So it is Now official that Blackadar is the defacto standard unit by which we measure annoyance here at FOFC?
I like it. |
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Cool. Instead of "Grizzled Veteran", we could have ratings like: Blackadar (1) Chubby (8.2) Hell Atlantic (5.6) MIJB (.00000000000000000000001) Horns Maniac (1467.58) |
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I like that idea, Blackie.
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