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No doubt, 24 has a lot of right-wing fantasies in it. I’m liberal and a huge fan of 24, though, and I think the show does a great job of including ethics debates and questioning tactics.
Bottom line, though, is that for the left and the right, the people on 24 represent different things. For the right, a powerful president and Jack Bauer represent the right’s leadership. For the left, a powerful president on 24 is a condemnation by comparison, showing what the right’s leadership lacks. Jack Bauer may justify torture, but only because we, the viewers, trust Jack. I don’t think that message translates to the real world — a world where Jack doesn’t exist.