NBC Hits Tom DeLay a Second Time

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Guess it wasn't enough for NBC to use its crime show "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" to slam Tom DeLay.

Now the show's producer has gone and given the House Majority Leader a verbal jab as well.

During an episode that dealt with the fictional slaying of two judges by suspected right-wing extremists, a police officer character cracked, "Maybe we should put out an APB [all points bulletin] for somebody in a Tom DeLay T-shirt."

NBC's Entertainment President Kevin Reilly denied that the show intended any political message.

"This isolated piece of gritty 'cop talk' was neither a political comment nor an accusation," Reilly said. "It's not unusual for L&O to mention real names in its fictional stories. We're confident in our viewers' ability to distinguish between the two."

Producer-creator Dick Wolf showed his true colors by adding a dig of his own.

"I ... congratulate Congressman DeLay for switching the spotlight from his own problems to an episode of a TV show," Wolf sneered.

The Left Coast Report thinks that the arrogance in Hollywood is growing faster than Newsweek's excuse pile.