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From the late 1920s through the 1950s; "G-Men" were seen in fiction as incorruptible forces for law and America, with very rare exceptions. However, J. Edgar Hoover's suspicion of the politics and motivations of prominent civil rights activists, and growing paranoia about the social changes in America, caused the FBI's activities to become increasingly out of step with the times. Mishandled cases and other scandals, some decades old, were talked about more publicly. After Hoover died in 1972, a law previously passed to limit the tenure of FBI directors came into effect. Scurrilous rumors of J. Edgar's sexual peccadillos or connection to organized crime figures got a lot more play once he couldn't sic his agents on those reporting them.
Media portrayals of the FBI since then have generally depicted a flawed but usually well-meaning organization, some of whose agents are corrupt or evil. Works of fiction will often use a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] version of the FBI and Hoover. They have [[CIA Evil, FBI Good|a better public image than the CIA]], of course.
FBI agents during the majority of the Hoover period were [[Always Male]] (there had been female agents before he took office, but he felt that women were unsuited for the work) and agents of color were rare to non-existent, which made working in certain communities, especially infiltration of them, difficult. Special agents must have a 4-year ("bachelor's") college degree, with a preference given to Law and Accounting.
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* ''[[The X-Files (TV)|The X-Files]]'' has a fictitious two-person "department" of the FBI that investigates possibly paranormal connections to federal cases.
* The final season of ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]'' featured FBI Agent [[Last-Name Basis|Murphy]].
* The FBI is highly prominent in the seventh season of ''[[
* Agents of the FBI are also featured in the show ''[[NCIS (TV)|NCIS]]'' with Tobias Fornell being somewhat a regular in the show. They even get to play [[Internal Affairs]] on the NCIS ''Main Yard'' in one episode.
* ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' (Donut Run): Two FBI agents come to Neptune to investigate Duncan's disappearance, but they spend most of their time snarking about backwater Neptune and belittling Sheriff Lamb.
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** And the main characters of its [[Spin-Off]], ''[[Criminal Minds Suspect Behavior]]''.
* ''[[Fringe (TV)|Fringe]]'' focuses on the fictional Fringe Division of the FBI, which is tasked with investigating paranormal criminal cases.
* ''[[
* ''[[Bones (TV)|Bones]]'': Agent Seeley Booth is the FBI agent assigned to the Jeffersonian.
** And in one episode, [[Adam Baldwin]] plays a fellow FBI agent who helps Booth investigate a gruesome murder and agrees to protect Bones when Booth is injured. {{spoiler|He is secretly working for the Mafia.}}
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