sentences:  Later in the season, a political player named Alan Miliken threatens Palmer's health care bill, echoing Obama's fight for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.Because of the "real-time" storytelling approach to 24, the series' willingness to directly address the threat of terrorism, the implementation of torture as a way to acquire information and the use and misuse of government authority, the series has generated a sizable critical reaction, both positive and negative.In the early seasons of the series, there was little-to-no criticism regarding the show's portrayal of Muslims.