After the 2016 election, there was a panel discussion with all the creators of the top political TV dramas. Veep, House Of Cards, The West Wing, Scandal, and others. All the participants said the same thing; if they’d had a character who’d said that he didn’t think POWs deserved respect the networks and sponsors would have demanded that he be reviled and hated by all Americans.
After the 2016 election, there was a panel discussion with all the creators of the top political TV dramas. Veep, House Of Cards, The West Wing, Scandal, and others. All the participants said the same thing; if they’d had a character who’d said that he didn’t think POWs deserved respect the networks and sponsors would have demanded that he be reviled and hated by all Americans.