TV doesn't know much

[mikld]

I learned many years ago that the only hing you can believe from a news story is something happened. My brother was in an auto accident (he was napping in the back seat) on an LA freeway. The passenger died. Headlines read "Teen age drinking party ends in death" that was 1966. No drinking was involved because all in the car were dedicated athletes/football players and were keeping "clean". Another incident involving "couch surfing" vs. auto made headlines in the local paper and my daughter who knew all participants said to me "But, Daddy, it didn't happen that way"...

News reporting depends on getting readers/viewers so 90% of the reports are "sensationalized". Accuracy just isn't considered to be of much importance. Just watch the weather reports on national TV; "Seventeen million people in the path of killer storms!". "Devastating weather "cripples" cities across the nation". If they just said "an extreme storm is heading...", or dangerous conditions may appear because of ice/snow", they think no one would watch/read. It's often called "poetic license", aka "lies"...

 

[Wee Hooker]

Most recently I followed a written story,( currently a very big deal in Chi-Town). Seems the policeman shot someone SIXTEEN times with his service REVOLVER......Oh yeah, "and he was going to reload, but was stopped by his partner" !
Must have been one of those special revolvers they issue only for lawing.

Wow, did Smith start making an X frame in 22 lr?? Oh Man, just when I thought my collection was complete. ..I want one!

 

[kcode]

I am always surprised at the number of double action 1911's that are used on TV

 

[Tom K]

I think most of us here could make pretty long lists concerning the inaccuracy of TV and firearms!

One of my favorites was in a movie my wife was watching, I think it was on Lifetime. Someone dropped a S&W revolver (it looked like a Model 10) down a flight of stairs. It fired every time it hit a step!

The list of inaccuracies about guns on TV and in movies is actually pretty short - "Everything." The number of times they get it right is so small as to be essentially zero.

 

[Engineer1911]

Did John Wayne ever reload his SSA revolver? He shoots (well they did get jerked off their horses) 17 Indians and then picks up his lever action rifle.

Does Glock make a high capacity revolver? Just asking.

 

[Carrier]

The worst one I saw was on a tv show can't remember which one but you here a pump shotgun racking and buddy is holding a side by side shotgun.

 

[Nemo288]

The perpetual effect of WB cartoons on our culture is everywhere evident.

 

[k20350]

Watching CSI Miami with the wife a few years ago and they go to a murder scene in a hotel. Ballistics guy says "She looks to be shot with a 40mm". I told my wife if she was shot with a 40MM that crime scene would look a WHOLE LOT different.

 

[iouri]

Always loved the sound of cocking hammer when actor has glock (or some other striker pistol) and the all time "best" spin that revolver cylinder and wrist slap it closed Hmm, maybe I shouldn't attempt flying with that superman cape after all ...

 

[noylj]

>Watching CSI Miami with the wife a few years ago and they go to a murder scene in a hotel. Ballistics guy says "She looks to be shot with a 40mm". I told my wife if she was shot with a 40MM that crime scene would look a WHOLE LOT different.

That's been in newspaper reports, along with .40mm...
My point was about a show that is supposed to be showing reality and has real police talking about real crimes, and the words don't match the scenes, even when the words spoken actually make some sense.
The latest type of stupidity issue is having the "dead" actor on his side when the narrator says the body was lying on his back.
It takes real stupidity not to notice the words over the scene don't match.
Kinda does put a cocked Kimber 1911 in his waist holster with the thumb safety off--but he's a detective and what does he know? Thanks God the military asked for a grip safety.

 

[Vortec MAX]

My favorite is when they show the entire cartridge coming out of the barrel in slow motion and heading toward the victim. I have seen this a couple of times. The WHOLE cartridge... brass casing and all.

Mike

 

[therewolf]

People have been known to copy ideas from crimes on

TV, and the movies. Many times writers are encouraged to

put inaccuracies about firearms and the way crimes were

done, in order to throw off "copycat criminals". Some producers

and directors don't want "blood on their hands".

But yeah, you see some real doozies on TV...