The Real White House Vs The “24” White House

We have seen this photo again and again of the white house team monitoring the Bin Laden operation. Someone analyzed why it’s such a powerful photo, and I really like this paragraph:

the photo was captivating because it was so different that how such scenes have been depicted in countless movies and TV shows. In such dramas, this would not be taking place in a spartan, crowded conference room with all the aesthetic appeal of a Marriott Hotel business center — and a table full of HP laptops that still have Intel Inside and Widows stickers on them. In an episode (in every episode) of “24″ this would be in an expansive subterranean room filled with translucent touch screens that make all sorts of electronic sounds sounds when they zoom in to watch the action of each soldier on the ground.