Why are FBI agents always portrayed as jerks on tv?

[Opa Opa]

1) Special Agent Dale Cooper was in no way a jerk.

[TheyCallMeTheSwede]

Dianne, I'm sitting on this forum observing all these nerds talking about nothing but Nintendo games.....tis a strange world we live in Dianne. Truely Strange and wonderful.

[MrPopo]

Thank you Luke for enumerating out how every rule has exceptions. I'll just leave this here.

http://www.tvtropes.org

[Menegrothx]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Cooper
Here is one good FBI agent Although the other FBI agent Albert was kinda portrayed as the typical FBI jerk in the beginning of the series. He made some funny sarcastic wisecracks though

9. Businessmen are always portrayed as malicious and evil with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. None. Not one good thing.

AMERICAN PSYCHO

What? You mean that the businessmen in THIS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Psycho_%28film%29 movie are portrayed in a positive light? Or is there another movie that goes by the same name?
Sort of related btw http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/2 ... 05008.html

[OldSchool_Boy]

I have to say E.T. was really the epitome of having authority look like assholes when it came to me growing up.

[Luke]

I have to say E.T. was really the epitome of having authority look like assholes when it came to me growing up.

Even with blue text my sarcasm falls on deaf ears. I'm used to it.

As far as E.T., super scary FBI agents, but remember that the head of the agency lets E.T. and Elliot escape. Plus he has one of the best monologues in the entire movie.

[Haoie]

Anyone know any nice feds?

Didn't think so.

[Luke]

Anyone know any nice feds?

Didn't think so.

Clarice Starling, Jack Ryan, and Samuel Gerard to name a few.

[brunoafh]

Maybe because of stuff like this.

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2012/03/29 ... -an-asian/

[Menegrothx]

Maybe because of stuff like this.

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2012/03/29 ... -an-asian/

I cant comment on the hand shake thing but this part caught my eye

Another slide states that the "Western Mind" is "even keel," while in the Arab world, "Outbursts and loss of control are expected"

If they have to deal with people from all over the world then they should be trained for the fact that people from different cultures act differently (collectively, on large scale, im not talking about all individuals) and have different cultural values (staring a person in the eyes or shaking some ones hand might be considred rude for example) , even if nowadays in multicultural countries stating that all cultures arent alike is considered to be racism.