NCIS: L.A. Sneers That Murderous Venezuelan Villain Is the ‘Karl Rove of Caracas’
CBS's primetime drama NCIS: L.A. on Tuesday took a gratuitous swipe at a prominent conservative strategist, referring to a murderous Venezuelan villain as ” the Karl Rove of Caracas .” As if to emphasize the point, the jab was repeated later in the episode. The March 22 show, titled, “Enemy Within,” revolved around a Venezuelan politician who was supposedly pro-American, but turned out to be opposed to the U.S. During a visit to Los Angeles, “Gutierrez” is targeted for assassination. A Navy lieutenant explained, ” Look, there's a hard-line faction in the country led by a guy named Miguel Cortez. He's like the Karl Rove of Caracas .” Later in the episode, the insult is needlessly repeated. “Special Agent Callen,” played by Chris O'Donnell parroted, “Cortez is the leader of the hard-line faction in Venezuela.” Another agent, played by Daniela Ruah, reminded, “Yeah, Chambers said he's the Karl Rove of Caracas.” See a detailed show story here . This isn't the firs time the NCIS franchise has resorted to liberal propaganda. On December 15, 2009 , the program featured an episode about a Christian suicide bomber. (Hat tip to NewsBusters reader Suzanne Smith for the heads up.) A transcript of the two exchanges from the March 22 episode follows:
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