From article: “As citizens of a democracy, our suggestion here is certainly not to constrain how media depict interrogations and torture .... Rather, our aim i

From article: “As citizens of a democracy, our suggestion here is certainly not to constrain how media depict interrogations and torture .... Rather, our aim is to draw attention to the prevalence of this trope and hope that screenwriters will exercise more caution in using torture as a plot device.” IMO this is not different from shocking a flatlining patient; it does not work, and {may be a missed public education opportunity, may lose some credibility points} http://www.aed.com/blog/tv-myth-shocking-a-flatline-heart-rhythm-will-revive-patient/ http://www.aed.com/blog/tv-myth-shocking-a-flatline-heart-rh... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258134/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258134/