TV shows continually illustrate criminals using machine guns, with police officers in these episodes completely outgunned by multiple criminals with machine guns (Chicago PD S7 E16, March 4, 2020; Hawaii Five-O, Season 10, Episode 20, March 13, 2020). On TV...
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Television Shows Misleading Viewers: CBS’s “ Hawaii Five-O” Shows Criminals With Machine Guns, Outgunning Police
TV shows continually illustrate criminals using machine guns, with police officers in this episode completely outgunned by multiple criminals with machine guns (Hawaii Five-O, Season 10, Episode 18, February 28, 2020). On TV shows, machine guns always seem to be the...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: Yet again, NBC’s “Chicago PD” continued obsession with machine guns, criminals outgunning police
This TV show on NBC is hardly unique in illustrating criminals using machine guns, though they are more over the top in referring to the guns that the criminals have as machine guns and military weapons (Chicago PD, S7, E10 January 8, 2020). On TV shows, machine guns...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: CBS’ “FBI” shows carrying concealed handguns didn’t protect those carrying
CBS' "FBI" shows has a case where truck drivers with concealed handguns are murdered by someone stealing their truck. The Crime Prevention Research Center has collected hundreds of cases where people have used permitted handguns to protect themselves, and while the...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: NBC’s “Chicago PD” continued obsession with machine guns, criminals outgunning police
This TV show on NBC is hardly unique in showing criminals using machine guns. This segment clearly shows the police officers being outgunned by a criminal with a machine gun. This is from Chicago PD (Season 7, E13) January 22, 2020. On TV shows, machine guns always...
TV Show showing someone very upset about having gun in the home, exaggerating risk of gun in the home
This new show on CBS starts with lots of politically correct themes. In the second episode, the new female police chief's daughter is distraught over the fact that her mom has a gun in the home. Even though the gun is locked up, Over the last five years that data is...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: More media obsession with showing criminals using machine guns, the “FBI: Most Wanted”
CBS, like all the other networks, are obsessed with showing criminals shooting machine guns. This example is from "FBI: Most Wanted" (Season 1, Episode 6, February 18, 2020). Some hyperbole is to be expected on television, but the level of exaggeration has become...
Television Shows Misrepresenting facts: NBC’s Chicago PD makes civilian with a gun look like a danger to himself and police
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G_TmYIdOdk This episode from Chicago PD has a man carrying a concealed handgun which he uses to stop his car from being carjacked. His child and wife were in the car when the attempted carjacking occurred. But, despite the man's wife...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: “FBI: Most Wanted” showing mass public shooting at gun range
How many mass public shootings have there been at gun ranges? Zero. In fact, 94% all the mass public shootings take place at places where guns are banned. But the television show isn't interested in realism, but want to push back against the narrative that armed...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: CBS’ “FBI: Most Wanted” Saying AR-15s are a machine gun, Police concerned about safety
This new TV show is hardly unique in showing criminals using machine guns, though it goes further than many in indicating that an AR-15 is a machine gun. The FBI agents here express concern about facing a machine gun. On TV shows, machine guns always seem to be the...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: Fox’s The Deputy Showing Hero “Deputy” protecting illegal aliens from ICE
Fox’s new show, The Deputy, is hardly unique on the topic of illegal aliens, and this show has the Deputy who is protecting illegal aliens from ICE. The deputy is a hard as nails law enforcement officer, who comes from a long family of law enforcement officers. He is...
Television Shows Misrepresenting Facts: The Rookie, the continued obsession w/ criminals using machine guns
ABC's The Rookie is hardly unique in constantly showing criminals using machine guns, but it is a little amazing that the criminals seem to be using nothing but. These clips are from this season (Season 2, E7 November 10, 2019), but we just recently became aware of...







