Comments on: “The Wire” Vs The Facts http://www.andrewklavan.com/2010/02/26/the-wire-vs-the-facts/ Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Stephen H http://www.andrewklavan.com/2010/02/26/the-wire-vs-the-facts/#comment-873 Stephen H Thu, 20 May 2010 12:59:14 +0000 http://www.andrewklavan.com/?p=233#comment-873 Crime was falling in NY at least 2-3 years before compstat and fell similarly after. Plus compstat was only part of a raft of measures (e.g. broken windows) and extra resources. And at the same time there were other large demographic changes and changes to the drug economy that were leading to falling crime not just throughout the US but in most developed countries. Compstat a success? Not proven. Crime was falling in NY at least 2-3 years before compstat and fell similarly after. Plus compstat was only part of a raft of measures (e.g. broken windows) and extra resources.

And at the same time there were other large demographic changes and changes to the drug economy that were leading to falling crime not just throughout the US but in most developed countries.

Compstat a success? Not proven.

]]> By: Remus http://www.andrewklavan.com/2010/02/26/the-wire-vs-the-facts/#comment-242 Remus Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:04:37 +0000 http://www.andrewklavan.com/?p=233#comment-242 From what i know the Wire is one of the best shows that was on television. In regards to it's writing, plot, characters, themes and the way the city of Baltimore was intricately explored, Alan Moore said it was the only show he ever considered righting for on tv. While there is bias in the show, it's a pretty minor criticism, but if Klavan wants to pick at, have at it hoss. From what i know the Wire is one of the best shows that was on television. In regards to it’s writing, plot, characters, themes and the way the city of Baltimore was intricately explored, Alan Moore said it was the only show he ever considered righting for on tv. While there is bias in the show, it’s a pretty minor criticism, but if Klavan wants to pick at, have at it hoss.

]]> By: Anang http://www.andrewklavan.com/2010/02/26/the-wire-vs-the-facts/#comment-210 Anang Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:31:13 +0000 http://www.andrewklavan.com/?p=233#comment-210 Bias in everything eh? Boo-frickity hoo. Simon is a liberal. After the wire he directed the miniseries Generation Kill. What's hilarious is that the Wire shows the police officers having to deal with leaks, red tape, legal finagling, backroom deals, needless bureaucracy and criminals who always seem to get away with it and yet they show no sympathy for the iraq war where the administration had to deal with leaks, red tape, murderers who got away with it.... Just look at Senator Clay Davis in the show. There's more than enough proof to convict him, the police and the DA work closely together to make the case and yet he walks away. The detectives and lawyers on the show have incontrovertible proof that Davis is guilty and they cannot believe he gets to walk away. By all means, put KSM in this system and see how well it works out. The trial is still on track, just not in NYC anymore. Of course the people who investigated KSM aren't like the detectives on this show because they...well...because they're imperialist tools..or something... Bias in everything eh? Boo-frickity hoo.

Simon is a liberal. After the wire he directed the miniseries Generation Kill.

What’s hilarious is that the Wire shows the police officers having to deal with leaks, red tape, legal finagling, backroom deals, needless bureaucracy and criminals who always seem to get away with it and yet they show no sympathy for the iraq war where the administration had to deal with leaks, red tape, murderers who got away with it….

Just look at Senator Clay Davis in the show. There’s more than enough proof to convict him, the police and the DA work closely together to make the case and yet he walks away. The detectives and lawyers on the show have incontrovertible proof that Davis is guilty and they cannot believe he gets to walk away.
By all means, put KSM in this system and see how well it works out. The trial is still on track, just not in NYC anymore. Of course the people who investigated KSM aren’t like the detectives on this show because they…well…because they’re imperialist tools..or something…

]]> By: Sasha Toman http://www.andrewklavan.com/2010/02/26/the-wire-vs-the-facts/#comment-209 Sasha Toman Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:40:57 +0000 http://www.andrewklavan.com/?p=233#comment-209 Absurd nonsense! The Wire is the best thing ever to have shown in US airwaves, but the blame is to be shared. While we all know that Dems run Balitmore, it's not just the politicians in that city that are skewered, the Teamsters, the Stevedores, teachers... all are targets. It's just not the pablum your ilk is used to, Hannity diatribes that tell you exactly who's Good and who's Evil. You, Klavan, are a Neocon who sees bias in everything. Your screeds are increasingly unintelligible and relevant. Absurd nonsense! The Wire is the best thing ever to have shown in US airwaves, but the blame is to be shared. While we all know that Dems run Balitmore, it’s not just the politicians in that city that are skewered, the Teamsters, the Stevedores, teachers… all are targets. It’s just not the pablum your ilk is used to, Hannity diatribes that tell you exactly who’s Good and who’s Evil. You, Klavan, are a Neocon who sees bias in everything. Your screeds are increasingly unintelligible and relevant.

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