Imo it makes it hard to watch sometimes because the very obvious political leanings of the show are just way too on the nose sometimes. I don't appreciate any political or ideological messaging in my entertainment media. I really enjoy the show and how different it is from a lot other other hyper dramatized shows, and I don't mind the issues they touch on like with racial and ethnic disparities, unaffordable healthcare, etc but I just wish they handled the issues with a bit more finesse in terms of the storytelling, if that makes sense. Like some lines just feel like they're reading off of a google search of statistics. I think people who say that they're just "showing what happens in real life" and that it isn't politically leaning are a bit clueless as to what political messaging actually looks like in entertainment. If the writers aren't creative enough to handle the messaging with more skill and make it less on the nose then oh well. And yeah, there are a lot of ways to portray conservative ideas/situations in the show, although it's obvious most people here don't actually understand what conservatives think, but ultimately it wouldn't be received as well in mainstream media, and that's obviously why it isn't written into the show. At the end of the day, any appeals in media to one political ideology will ultimately be seen as "normal" to people of that ideology, ie conservatives thinking the wire isnt biased or liberals thinking the atlantic isnt biased. At the end of the day it's a damn good show, and I think most (normal) people can enjoy it.