# Is it true what people say? That The Wire is the greatest TV show of all time?

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**Created:** [January 22, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-what-people-say-that-the-wire-is-the-greatest-tv-show-of-all-time/610299 "2012-01-22T12:07:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-what-people-say-that-the-wire-is-the-greatest-tv-show-of-all-time/610299/81 "2012-01-29T19:38:34Z")

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All that stuff was a (a) a realisation of amusing anecdotes picked up by Simon as a crime reporter, and (b) an exemplar for the power of rumour and reputation – characters like that live on their rep, and craft them purposefully.

Of course it’s exaggerated, it’s supposed to be – that’s what makes the point.

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