It’s amazing what happens when powerful minds get together. Take this episode of “Fox and Friends,” during which conservative luminary Glenn Beck quotes Jack Bauer, an imaginary person from the land of TV make-believe, to prove the righteousness of torture. Genius.

According to Media Matters, Fox’s “24,” the realm of Mr. Bauer, is a go-to resource from which conservative pundits frequently draw all sorts of important facts.

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