[helpfulclippy]

FWIW, The Wire strikes me as very much not “copaganda.” It has the rights violations you describe, among other things, but the thrust of the presentation seems to be: “this is real, this is routine, and this definitely is not working.”

[bravetraveler]

Yet, from every fan, I hear more about how they love the show than how it reflects on reality. In the end, normalizing deviance. Diet propaganda.

My ire is more at the box usage than the content, honestly. The second oldest profession also involves sales. Just snake oil instead of self.

Heed Kendrick: turn the TV off.