Shorter Torchwood

[rivkat]

Anyone who champions public virtue or government action is actually corrupt (not even excepting our heroes, which is at least a variation). 

This attitude is not all that shocking or uncommon--see this NYT article--and certainly caution is warranted.  But how I wish I could see a pop culture portrayal of a public official who wasn't a cop or a prosecutor who was seriously invested in doing the right thing for the right reasons.  I know some!  It's not made up!

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[vass]

But how I wish I could see a pop culture portrayal of a public official who wasn't a cop or a prosecutor who was seriously invested in doing the right thing for the right reasons.

Sometimes they're portrayed that way, then either they're murdered by corrupt government forces who hate their integrity, or else they become disillusioned and turn evil.