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Arts & Entertainment Archive
August 15, 2008
• Ellen to Wed Portia; What about DOMA?
The Hollywood same-sex nuptials give the media a tremendous opportunity to address the issue of same-sex ‘marriage,’ the Defense of Marriage Act and Democratic support of California’s gay marriage ruling. Will they take it?
August 14, 2008
• TV's Contempt for Marriage
The problem for Hollywood is that marital sex just isn’t naughty enough for envelope pushers.
August 14, 2008
• Pineapple Express: Marijuana Cautionary Tale?
Judd Apatow says his latest movie is anti-drug. Critics: ‘What are you smoking?’
August 12, 2008
• Dark Knight: the Pornography of Violence
The latest Batman movie showcases violence, betrayal and sadism in the name of frivolous entertainment.
August 8, 2008
• ABC Article Glamorizes Media Villains, Ignores Price to Society
ABC’s Sona Charaipotra hails villains in entertainment as more “exciting,” “interesting,” and more real, but ignores the damage Hollywood’s obsession with evil can do to children.
August 6, 2008
• ABC Tells Story of Faith in Tragedy
Good Morning America explores how religious belief is helping the Steven Curtis Chapman family cope with the death of their daughter.
August 5, 2008
• Forget Marriage: Adultery and Promiscuity Rule the Airwaves
New study shows broadcast television promotes sex in every relationship except marriage.
August 5, 2008
• Let’s Talk About Sex
Newsweek provides great tips for parents on how to talk to young teens about sex but needs to emphasize parental monitoring of teens’ entertainment choices.
August 5, 2008
• Teen Choice Awards a Mixed Bag of Morality
Skanky Gossip Girl rakes in six awards, but squeaky clean Jonas Brothers get the nod too.
August 1, 2008
• ABC’s Whoopi Goldberg Declares Married Men ‘Fair Game’
If a husband says it’s ok to come on to him, The View’s cohost has no problem with having a little fling.
August 1, 2008
• Jerry Springer, Opera Man?
This spectacle’s defenders suggest this isn’t a mockery of Christianity. That’s about as plausible as a Klansman saying the burning cross is merely for roasting marshmallows.
July 29, 2008
• Judges Favor the Profane
In effect, the court said that because the Enforcement Bureau of the FCC has been a steady, ongoing farce of decency protection for thirty years, it must always and forever remain a joke.
July 28, 2008
• ABC’s The View Plays Kissyface with Katy Perry
The ladies ask some hard questions of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, but gush over the lesbian-experimenting pop star.
July 25, 2008
• WaPo Snickers as Sacrilegious Show Comes to D.C.
Even as a Catholic group protests the premiere of “Jerry Springer: The Opera,” The Washington Post raises little concern over the show’s content.
July 24, 2008
• Almost Half of College Students Experience Abusive Relationships
Studies suggest our violence-obsessed entertainment industry is part of the problem.
July 23, 2008
• CW’s Gossip Girl Takes No Prisoners in New Ad Campaign
Network pokes fun at concerned parents, boasts that culture watchers are condemning the ads.
July 22, 2008
• Court Punts Super Bowl Indecency Ruling Back to FCC
All the FCC needs to do is inform broadcasters that "fleeting images" of nudity constitute actionable indecency, and it intends to enforce the rules.
July 22, 2008
• Dark, Dark Knight
Kids have lost a role model who embodied good character and helped them understand the difference between right and wrong.
July 21, 2008
• A Guide to the Movie Galaxy
Dr. Thomas Hibbs finds a silver lining in Hollywood’s dark cloud of despair.
July 19, 2008
• Blue Summer
Hollywood is peddling sex like crazy this season even though the sexualization of our culture is exacting a fearsome toll, especially on young girls.
July 18, 2008
• ABC’s The View Gets Hot and Heavy
Barbara Walters and her fellow panel members on waded knee-deep into sex this week, moving from porn to vibrators to S&M Barbie.
July 17, 2008
• ‘Bi-Curious’ Summer
Hollywood calculates how to profit from pushing the envelope.
July 11, 2008
• Catfighting ‘Uber-Divas’ Get a Reality Show
N Network’s Queen Bees features “mean girls” in need of a personality makeover -- and makes poor character the focus of entertainment.
July 10, 2008
• Top Pop Hit Goes from Bad to Worse
The old #1 song verged on pornography. The new #1 song is even more offensive.
July 9, 2008
• Hollywood’s Teen Sexploitation
The entertainment industry cashes in on teen pregnancy, at great cost to society.
July 9, 2008
• The Early Show Normalizes Illegitimate Births
CBS’s Lara Spencer announced with equal exuberance new births to celebrities in and out of wedlock.
July 8, 2008
• Jesse Helms and Mangled Manners
Leftwingers in the news media and the blogosphere embarrassed themselves with meanspirited slurs directed at the fallen American patriot.
July 8, 2008
• Swingtown Swings for Sleaze Fences; Advertisers Head for Exits
Has CBS gone too far in pushing sexy programming?
July 8, 2008
• CBS Reality Show Goes Blue
Big Brother recruited a Hooters waitress, a body builder and a gay cowboy for the new season.
July 7, 2008
• C-Word Dropped on C-Span’s Washington Journal -- No Bleep Button?
Caller uses obscene word while repeating unconfirmed McCain tale; leftist Web sites cheer.
July 3, 2008
• Weeds and Marijuana Chic
Hollywood is glamorizing pot smoking, despite the evidence of the drug's danger.
July 2, 2008
• Exposé or Exploitation?
ABC Family’s new show on teen pregnancy attempts to walk the line between cautionary tale and entertaining programming – and fails.
June 20, 2008
• NBC’s Today Showcases Edgy Singer Rihanna
Kathie Lee Gifford called Rihanna an “absolute doll.” What about the sexually suggestive songs she performed before an audience peppered with children?
June 20, 2008
• The New TV Trend: Call Girls
Hollywood’s champions of immorality always say they’re exploring the “gray” areas of morality. Now they’ve transcended even that. They are actively depicting evil as good.
June 19, 2008
• CNN Portrays The Da Vinci Code Movie as Sin ‘Too Grave to be Forgiven’
Like ABC, CNN sides with Hollywood against Rome.
June 18, 2008
• ABC Reporter Sides with Hollywood against Rome
Good Morning America’s Nick Watt sneers at the Vatican for refusing to allow a Catholic-bashing movie to be filmed in historic churches.
June 16, 2008
• CBS Lauds Latest Jolie-Pitt Pregnancy
Early Show message: you don’t need to be married to raise a family.
June 10, 2008
• New CMI Special Report: 'Unmasking the Myths Behind the Fairness Doctrine'
America doesn't need the government to regulate political speech on the airwaves. Politicians need more respect for the First Amendment.
June 10, 2008
• Los Angeles Times Misses Max Hardcore’s Obscenity Conviction
Hometown paper yawns as a jury cracks down on a prominent pornographer.
June 10, 2008
• ABC’s Nightline Guest Advocates ‘Taking Risks’ with Kids’ Internet Safety
Reporter Nick Watt does not discuss the harm children can suffer when allowed to surf the Internet without tight parental supervision.
June 6, 2008
• Nightmare on Prom Street
Since when do principals ask their students not to simulate anal sex in public dances?
June 5, 2008
• Media Hype CBS Wife-Swapping TV Series “Swingtown”
The press is praising the show’s artistic qualities and ignoring the social costs of broadcasting sexually explicit content and promoting sex outside of marriage.
June 3, 2008
• Sex and the Skittish
Newsweek seems to lament how the movie isn’t outrageous enough. The headline is Girls Gone Mild.
May 30, 2008
• Another Cost of Celebrity Obsession
Should we restrict the paparazzi or curb the appetite for celebrity Mcnews?
May 29, 2008
• Kirk Cameron’s Faith Embraced on The View
Evangelical Christianity is okay when it’s proclaimed by a heartthrob.
May 27, 2008
• Prince Caspian’s Appeal
Pro-God Narnia films outstrip anti-God Golden Compass.
May 21, 2008
• Will Good Morning America Report THIS Sex and the City Story?
Woman says SATC inspired her to have sex at 14.
May 21, 2008
• Band Opening for Obama in Oregon Frequently Uses Soviet Anthem
Another link to radical leftism for the Democratic presidential candidate goes unreported in the media.
May 20, 2008
• Media Hype Sex and the City: The Movie
Journalists continue to worship at the altar of sexploitation.
May 16, 2008
• Grey’s Anatomy Gender-Bender Agenda: This Week, a Lesbian Kiss
ABC drama leaves viewers wondering whether two female doctors will “switch teams” and become lovers.
May 16, 2008
• Swaggering Swingtown
CBS looks to set new records in broadcast debauchery.
May 15, 2008
• Religion: How ABC Loathes Thee
Boston Legal episode is a vehicle for anti-religious propaganda under the guise of entertainment.
May 14, 2008
• Junking the Real Meaning of Art: RIP Mr. Rauschenberg
Inspired by Rauschenberg’s success and unbound by considerations of skill or beauty, a generation of artists was freed to slap together virtually anything and call it Art.
May 13, 2008
• ABC’s Good Morning America Exploits Sex… Again
The premiere of Sex and the City, The Movie gives rise to another salacious news story.
May 9, 2008
• ABC’s Mother’s Day Gift to Viewers: A Same-Sex ‘Wedding’
Brothers and Sisters is the first network series to showcase a same-sex union between regular characters. The show continues the network’s taboo-busting – or standards-eroding – trend in entertainment and news programming.
May 7, 2008
• Walters Makes Light of Adultery in Autobiography
News of Barbara Walters’ cheating past gets a free pass from Oprah and The Washington Post.
May 7, 2008
• Applauding ‘Grand Theft’
Yes, young lads, you can visit strip clubs and get lap dances, pick up prostitutes, go on assassination missions and conduct gangland-style executions. The New York Times applauded the game’s “winsome procession of grifters, hustlers, drug peddlers and other gloriously unrepentant lowlifes.”
May 7, 2008
• Stars and Stripes, Newsweek Tut-Tut Concerns about Porn on Military Bases
The big newsweekly suggests Congressman's motive for proposing a ban is re-election, not the welfare of the troops.
May 6, 2008
• NBC Showcases Heartthrob with a Message
Bella star Eduardo Verastegui appeared on Today to promote the movie's DVD release, but revealed how he found deeper meaning in life than fame and fortune.
May 6, 2008
• Left Wing and Wright Brained?
Liberal media pundits are trying to excuse Barack Obama’s 20-year ties to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright by suggesting that Wright’s ravings are no worse than a single comment by Jerry Falwell.
May 5, 2008
• CW Blasphemes God (with a Wink and a Nod) in Ads for Teen Drama
Gossip Girl campaign uses text-message shorthand over racy photos and videos.
May 1, 2008
• CBS’s Criminal Minds Smears Christians
Gay son becomes serial killer because religious dad tried to beat him straight.
April 29, 2008
• Miley Media Mania
This picture spoke more than 1,000 words.
April 28, 2008
• Expelled Critics: The Origin of Specious
Many movie reviewers are offended by Ben Stein exposing the connection between Darwinism and the Nazis. They should do their homework.
April 25, 2008
• Obama and the Hip-Hop Problem
So Barack Obama is feeling like a pimp?
April 24, 2008
• Hollywood Director: Jesus ‘Probably’ Fathered by Roman Rapist
Filmmaker Paul Verhoeven is about to publish a ‘realistic’ biography of Christ, and hopes to follow with a movie.
April 23, 2008
• Expelled Opens with a Bang
Big Media's reviewers panned the movie, but the public had the last laugh.
April 22, 2008
• ‘Bigger, Badder and Grosser’
MTV brings Tila Tequila back for a second, misnamed Shot at Love.
April 21, 2008
• The Art of the Non-Apology
TIME and HBO offend veterans and Catholics in the name of environmentalism and comedy. Too bad.
April 17, 2008
• When Media Aren’t Ignoring Controversial Evolution Movie, Expelled, They’re Hostile
New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times discussed Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth at least three dozen times before the documentary was released. Ben Stein’s Expelled? Two mentions.
April 16, 2008
• What They Like
If you are the parent of a kid who plays video games, this site’s for you.
April 14, 2008
• Bill Maher Slanders Pope Benedict XVI
Comedian's HBO-sponsored hate speech is nothing new.
April 11, 2008
• German Director to Stage America-Bashing Opera on Set Depicting 9/11 Ruins
Naked actors wearing only Mickey Mouse masks will represent penniless ‘victims of capitalism.’
April 10, 2008
• No Forgiving Charlton Heston
Some media figures think it’s okay to hate somebody because he disagrees with their political beliefs.
April 7, 2008
• Charlton Heston’s ‘Controversial’ Life
Many journalists discount the late actor’s character because they disagree with his views.
April 4, 2008
• Oprah Redefines Normal with Pregnant ‘Man’
Media ignore the simple reality: Thomas Beatie is a woman.
April 3, 2008
• The Revolt Against Sincerity
America is mired in the Snark Ages.
March 28, 2008
• ABC’s View Girls Skip Down the Yellow Brick Road with Obama
Most panelists choose to coddle the candidate, not examine his character and values.
March 28, 2008
• CBS Early Show Gives Planned Parenthood Star Treatment
Kate Walsh plays a doctor on TV. Who cares what she thinks about abstinence education and STDs?
March 27, 2008
• Dumbest Book of the Year
Even liberals cannot trust the new book by Eric Alterman, Why We're Liberals.
March 26, 2008
• Washington Post Swoons over Hollywood Leftists Come to D.C.
News media help entertainment media 'progressives' spread message about separating church and state.
March 25, 2008
• Oh, Those Naughty Broadcasters
NBC pokes its finger in the FCC’s eye, and Fox says ‘No’ to paying fine.
March 22, 2008
• Hollywood’s Holy Week Christophobic Fantasy: Zealot Stones Mother to Death
On NBC’s Law & Order, a college student influenced by a radical Christian youth minister murders his mother to save her soul after she commits adultery with a Muslim.
March 21, 2008
• Does Profanity Reign Supreme?
What Hollywood really wants – and in a cowardly way, is refusing to declare publicly – is the “right” to bombard your living room, and your children, with obscenities.
March 17, 2008
• Keeping ‘Pigs’ Out of Your Parlor
The Supreme Court will rule on "fleeting expletives" and broadcast indecency.
March 14, 2008
• Money Talks, but Will Hollywood Listen?
A new study shows less profanity in film leads to higher profits for movie studios.
March 14, 2008
• Lewis Black, Anti-Catholic Hack
Black is the star of a brand new Comedy Central show named The Root of All Evil. Comedians act like prosecutors, with Black as judge, trying to determine which of two allegedly evil forces is worse. The battle for the debut episode: Oprah Winfrey vs. the Catholic Church.
March 11, 2008
• Whoopi! ABC’s Goldberg Calls for Legalizing Prostitution
The View’s hostess responds to the Spitzer scandal by arguing for decriminalizing the flesh trade, ignoring the pain of infidelity and the exploitation of vulnerable women.
March 10, 2008
• ABC Highlights Gambler Suing Casinos for Enabling Addiction
Good Morning America ditches character, personal responsibility.
March 6, 2008
• Today Show Features Author Who Excuses Lying
NBC host Meredith Vieira fails to stand up for character and truthtelling.
March 6, 2008
• Rape Films at Yale
Pornographer runs afoul of a force more powerful than Christianity, at least in Ivy League precincts: feminism.
March 5, 2008
• 'Aspirational TV?' Or More Cable Voyeurism?
Bravo introduces Real Housewives of New York City.
March 4, 2008
• NBC’s Medium Casts Arizona Senator and Ex-POW as Murderer, Cannibal
Are the writers trying to send a backhanded political message, or will next week’s episode feature a corrupt murdering female senator from New York?
March 3, 2008
• The Sunday Washington Post on Satanic Rock: 'Two Horns Up!'
This underlines how low the Post will go for Internet traffic numbers.
February 27, 2008
• Bill Buckley Made It Okay to Be a Conservative
I was a conservative as a kid, but fell under the sway of liberal profs and the New Age culture. But Buckley was a key force in pulling me back to reality.
February 26, 2008
• Oscar’s a Grouch this Year
The Oscars flopped this year, along with all those anti-military, anti-Iraq War movies. Even Michael Moore went belly-up.
February 22, 2008
• FCC Complaint Filed Against NBC’s Las Vegas
Show aired one day after Jane Fonda dropped the c-word on NBC’s Today.
February 22, 2008
• Doves vs. Oscars
What do the Academy Awards -- and mainstream media movie critics -- have against family-friendly films?
February 20, 2008
• Dear Abby, or Dear Dr. Ruth?
A mother should accept her daughter making a living by running porn sites?
February 20, 2008
• ‘Dumb’ Americans
Author Susan Jacoby attacks conservatives and religious believers while promoting new book.
February 15, 2008
• Disney's Titillation and Litigation
Disney, the corporation that brought us Tinkerbell, has lawyers on staff arguing that nudity and obscenity on TV are OK.
February 14, 2008
• Morning Media’s Valentines to Vulgarity
Jane Fonda drops the C-bomb on NBC’s Today Show, and ABC’s The View trots out Chippendales and condoms.
February 14, 2008
• Liar, Liar, Who’s the Liar?
Baseball great Roger Clemens and his former trainer testify before Congress. While the media and America wonder which one lied, the real issue is what the scandal says about our culture.
February 12, 2008
• Turning Fool’s Gold Into the Real Thing
Despite his short-term pledge of support, soon-to-be father McConaughey is telegraphing the message that he might or might not be around for the long haul.
February 12, 2008
• It’s a Wrap! Hollywood Writers to Vote on Ending Strike Today
So much for the culture’s reprieve from the nightly assault on traditional values delivered by fresh-off-the-keyboard television shows.
February 11, 2008
• ‘Rehab’: Celebrity Mantra of 2007 – and Grammy Winner
To the awards voters, ‘art’ trumps everything, even rotten messages.
February 8, 2008
• CBS and Devilish Dexter
Dexter finds killing and dismembering human beings to be intoxicating. CBS thinks we, too, should be fascinated and intoxicated by that.
February 8, 2008
• Stow the Chairs: Bobby Knight’s Gone
In a time of ultra-sensitivity, when real men are advised to be more like the ladies, a lot of us were thinking (to ourselves) that there goes one untamed son of a gun, the kind of man that braved the Atlantic and settled the West.
February 6, 2008
• CosmoGirl’s Pot Calls the Kettle Black
The teen-oriented glossy takes a shot at Hollywood and Madison Avenue for pushing sex on young girls. Have they read their own magazine?
February 5, 2008
• Charting the Public Cost of Celebrities
The LAPD said in a statement Thursday that it used "a number of resources" in escorting the ambulance transporting Spears to UCLA Medical Center because of "previous, overly aggressive actions of some members of the media, and in particular members of the paparazzi," according to CBS News.
February 4, 2008
• Super Bowl Ads Score with More Laughs but a Few Yecchs
This year's broadcast toned down the sexy ads, pumped up the humor and connected for a touchdown with the Declaration of Independence.
February 4, 2008
• Who Knew? CBS Develops a Conscience on Britney
Maggie Rodriguez announces The Early Show “will show extreme restraint” regarding paparazzi photos.
February 1, 2008
• Choose-Life Movie Plots? They're Fictions, 'Consoling' and 'Cutesy'
Only pro-abortion movies are honest about the lives of women, in the view of Washington Post movie reviewer Ann Hornaday.
January 30, 2008
• America’s Tabloid Coliseum
During the Roman Empire days, people would cram into coliseums to be entertained by gladiators fighting to the death. Have we created a modern American counterpart?
January 29, 2008
• Take Two Pills and Reserve Your Place in Rehab
NBC highlights prescription drug abuse, but only in the wake of tragedy.
January 25, 2008
• Does Katie Couric Believe in Time Travel?
CBS Evening News suggests the 2006 teen birth rate spike is somehow ‘connected’ to pro-life films released in 2007.
January 25, 2008
• Oscar Loves Juno?
For once there is a movie whose message has brought cheers from both the pro-life and pro-choice camps. This is a good thing. Hollywood is applauding Juno. The public should applaud Hollywood for Juno, too.
January 23, 2008
• On Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Decision, Law & Order: SVU Depicts Pro-Lifers as Hypocrites and Criminals
Note to NBC: Not all pro-life activists are nut jobs who break the law to advance their mission.
January 16, 2008
• The ABCs of Entertainment News
Why was Good Morning America unprepared when Diane Keaton dropped the f-bomb?
January 15, 2008
• ABC Shock: Diane Keaton Drops F-Bomb on Good Morning America
If the networks would use a tape delay, they could catch those celebrity expletives.
January 14, 2008
• ABC: Three-Way, Alone, It’s All Okay
The View’s ‘Hot Topics’ devolves into a raunchy game of truth or dare, minus the dare.
January 11, 2008
• Lifetime Pushes 'Naked' Makeovers
"It's fun running around all day in your underwear, isn't it?"
January 10, 2008
• The NBCs of Blasphemy
Unrepentant comedienne Kathy Griffin to be showcased on Dateline
January 9, 2008
• The Politics of Childbirth at ABC
GMA's Juju Chang asks conservative The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck if her “views” have changed now that she’s a mom.
January 8, 2008
• Hollywood Writers Strike Comes Home to Roost
Golden Globes cancelled, violent Dexter comes to CBS from Showtime, and an onslaught of reality programming on tap.
January 4, 2008
• Sex on a Plane: MTV Runs Ad Showering Airline Passengers with Condoms
San Francisco Planned Parenthood chapter uses gay character to pitch the pill, the patch and latex.
January 3, 2008
• Tila Success Inspires More Trash TV
Second 'Shot at Love,' plus a new spin-off, a transgender dating show, and an attempt by Cher to capitalize on daughter's lesbianism are in the works.
January 3, 2008
• What Does 'Family Friendly' Mean?
Apparently in today's TV landscape it includes bloody murders and dialogue filled with sexual slang.
January 2, 2008
• Moviegoers Skip the Atheist Pixie Dust
December’s box office indicates American audiences want entertainment, not controversy.
December 28, 2007
• Winners and Losers of 2007
A look at some of the entertainment triumphs and tragedies of 2007.
December 21, 2007
• The B-Word Book Craze
If it wasn’t so commercially calculated, it might sound like Tourette ’s syndrome.
December 12, 2007
• Another Twisted Christmas
Red Bull commandeers the Nativity for a commercial, and the BBC corrupts the Nativity into a politically correct pop concert.
December 10, 2007
• Will The Golden Compass Keep Going South?
The heavily promoted 'blockbuster' failed to produce box-office gold during its first weekend.
December 6, 2007
• Movie Reviewer Not Satisfied by Presence of ‘Choice’
Entertainment Weekly film critic bemoans the absence of pro-abortion propagandizing in Juno, even though the pregnant protagonist seriously considers abortion.
December 4, 2007
• Christmas Greetings from the Left Pole
With Sweeney Todd and Charlie Wilson just in time for “Christmas,” the Hollywoodites at the left pole would like us to forget that they’re anti-Christian, anti-war and anti-conservative.
December 4, 2007
• Going Off a Cliff at the Chronicle
A San Francisco columnist explains why he loves The Golden Compass -- because he hates religion and religious people. Why does an ostensibly mainstream newspaper like the Chronicle publish such venomous hate speech?
December 3, 2007
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The Golden Compass and the Atheist Blitzkrieg
Every dollar spent on the movie and its merchandise increases the likelihood that the entire God-hating trilogy will make it to your local theater – so that untold numbers of children will be propagandized by a story that attacks traditional religious beliefs.
November 30, 2007
• The Golden Compass Points Kids the Wrong Way
Unfortunately, this is part of being a responsible parent today. You have to be a kind of cultural food-taster for your children. Borrow Mr. Pullman’s three books from your local library -- we don’t advise you to buy them -- and see for yourself what's in them.
November 30, 2007
• What Children Watch
The network chieftains approving all this “adult” TV would assert that it’s unreasonable for parents to think their children aren’t exposed to this kind of “reality” in their daily lives at school or in the neighborhood. But if parents worry about the problem of “monkey see, monkey do,” nobody’s a bigger monkey to children than Hollywood.
November 28, 2007
• Newsweek Writer Enjoys Atheist Denouncing the Conservative 'Nitwit'
At this point a critic must ask: as much as he enjoyed the denunciation of Donohue, did Gordon check out Pullman’s assertion of having no greater agenda than telling a rip-roaring tale? Even Snopes.com thinks Pullman’s hostility to religion is no urban legend.
November 21, 2007
• Glamour's Women of the Year Lean Left
Focusing solely on inspirational liberal women short changes conservative women looking for role models.
November 20, 2007
• Family Guy Out-Crudes Itself
Immigration, patriotism ... and male anatomy?
November 19, 2007
• Praying for Hollywood
ABC positively reports on a prayer network for celebrities but can't avoid the tabloid trap.
November 19, 2007
• Bella Does it Again
Thanks to grassroots efforts, the independent pro-life movie secures box office distribution for the biggest movie weekend of the year.
November 16, 2007
• Will Barry Bonds Get Off the Low Road?
Will the slugger do what’s best for baseball and for the nation, and accept responsibility for what he’s done? Or will he continue his selfish, feeble effort to protect himself?
November 16, 2007
• The Shameless Spring Break Porn King
Joe Francis sees himself as a historic victim: his incarceration is “one of the greatest miscarriages of justice ever.” Nazi holocaust, Stalinist purges, Khmer Rouge massacres? Move over.
November 9, 2007
• The Golden Compass Fraud
Isn’t it a bit perverse to head into the Christmas holiday season hyping an atheist fantasy movie for kids?
November 7, 2007
• What Is ITVS? And Why Is It Funding Libertine-Left Propaganda?
In funding filmmakers to go out and make one-sided left-wing films, Public Broadcasting subsidies serve, in effect, as ideological pork-barrel spending.
November 6, 2007
• Hollywood Out on Strike? Don’t Hurry Back
It isn’t every day the industry spearheading the destruction of the culture shuts itself down.
November 5, 2007
• The Singing Revolution Celebrates Freedom
How many of us knew that Estonia, one of the smallest countries on the face of this earth, is responsible for one of the most extraordinary, and certainly the most unique revolutions in modern history? How many of us knew that this tiny Baltic nation defeated the Soviet Union – with a song?
November 2, 2007
• Satire or Childish Blasphemy?
Sarah Silverman portrays God as an arrogant, pot-smoking, foul-mouthed boyfriend she can't wait to dump.
October 31, 2007
• When the Buzz Drowns Out the Music
Britney Spears mocks the Catholic confessional to sell her latest album.
October 30, 2007
• Skank-o-ween 2007
For young girls, the costume trend is all about being sexy.
October 29, 2007
• Bella to Anti-War Movies: Show Me the Money!
The independent pro-life film trounced Hollywood's anti-war movies in per-theater revenues, in spite of hostile mainstream media reviews.
October 26, 2007
• What Would Jesus Download?
GodTube’s video of the little girl reciting Psalm 23 has been viewed four million times.
October 25, 2007
• Bella and the Pro-Life Film Trend
Movie critics will probably hate Bella, since it doesn’t even have oodles of sex and profanity in it to keep them entertained. Variety already booed: “Manipulative pic trades in fairy-tale views of New York life alongside briefly sustained emotional confessions.” So what does Main Street think of Bella? Preview audiences repeatedly have given it standing ovations.
October 24, 2007
• Dumbledoring Down the Culture
A Culture and Media Institute review of 125 stories on Nexis from Friday through Tuesday turned up only one source – an online Scottish edition of The Express – that included a single critic of Rowling’s decision. The rest either took a neutral line or liberally quoted activists who hail the fact that Dumbledore’s likeability and moral authority will help sell acceptance of homosexuality.
October 22, 2007
• An Army of Three? Army Recruiting Goes Astray
Keep in mind that the law Congress enacted in 1993 bars homosexuals in the military, period. And the Clinton-era policy watering down that law, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," still bars open homosexuality. So why is the Army advertising on a program that promotes lesbianism and also takes shots at male "homophobia?"
October 19, 2007
• Mainers and No-Brainers
The lesson from the anything-goes crowd is so illogical it borders on the obscene. In order to “protect the youth” from unsavory sexual messages, we should provide them with all the technology so they can have “safe sex” – even at age 11.
October 17, 2007
• Boston Legal Writers Attack 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy
ABC delivers liberal propaganda in the guise of entertainment.
October 16, 2007
• Disney Bleeps “GOD” from Ten Commandments Movie Ad
Who do they think chose Moses -- Tinkerbell?
October 11, 2007
• Tila Tequila: the Latest in MTV Sexploitation
Like all reality shows, this one suffers from noticeable scripting, which must have been done by drooling old men in raincoats.
October 8, 2007
• Cold Case Is Cold Hearted Toward Amish
During the anniversary week of the Lancaster County massacre, CBS's drama blames the 'oppressive' Amish culture for the murder of an Amish girl.
October 5, 2007
• ABC Takes ‘Big Shots’ at Traditional Values
New “dramedy” normalizes irresponsible sexual behavior, depicts grown men as eternal adolescents.
October 4, 2007
• CBS’s Cold Case Adds Insult to Injury
Last Sunday they savaged evangelical Christians. This Sunday, one year after the Lancaster County schoolhouse massacre, they’ll poke their fingers in the eyes of the Amish.
October 4, 2007
• C’mon Britney, Turn it Around
Spears is ruining her life and the media are feasting on the spectacle.
October 3, 2007
• Film of Abortion Aftermath Too Hard for 'Angry' Film Critic to Take
"I suggest the faint of heart skip the rest of this paragraph," warned New York Times movie reviewer Manohla Dargis before relaying the graphic details of the aftermath of an abortion. "My initial and admittedly angry first thought about these images was that the director, Tony Kaye, was just resorting to shock tactics."
October 3, 2007
• Two Lewd Tuesdays
Oprah promotes, Whoopi volunteers for irresponsible sex.
October 2, 2007
• The Frustrated Family Hour
Since 2000-2001, violent content during the family hour has increased 52 percent. Sexual content is up 22 percent.
October 1, 2007
• A Modern-Day Stoning?!? Cold Case Smears Christian Kids
CBS’s entertainment division portrays devout teens as murderers and hypocrites and their youth pastor as a pervert, while taking cheap shots at abstinence education.
October 1, 2007
• Irresponsible Adults and ‘Artistic’ Perverts
When adults abdicate responsibility as protectors of children and vanguards of public morality and decency, children become the nation’s most endangered species. When adults equate legal with moral, appropriate and acceptable, perversion can find patronage.
September 28, 2007
• The Scoundrel Song of David Banner
No matter how pornographic his lyrics, no matter how many kids he helps to corrupt, no matter how callously he maligns fellow citizens as "niggas" and "hoes" and no matter how coarsely he portrays black urban culture as an open sewer, he has a ready explanation: It's somebody else's fault, not his.
September 24, 2007
• The Death of Sportsmanship
Rutgers University is known as the birthplace of college football, but in the last few weeks it’s seemed more like the deathplace of sportsmanship.
September 18, 2007
• Embarrassing Celebrity Pundits
A key measure we have for punditry in our political culture is fame, not a display of any brains.
September 14, 2007
• Kathy Griffin’s Unfunny Jesus Joke
Comedienne crosses the line by mocking Christ at Emmy awards broadcast.
September 7, 2007
• In-Flight Fright
Chalk up a new outrage. The airlines are now airing graphically violent and sexualized R-rated movies, and it matters not a bit to them that children cannot help but sit there and watch, headphones or not.
September 6, 2007
• NBC’s Williams: “A Lesson in Courage and Character”
Nightly News highlights an upcoming documentary on wounded vets.
September 5, 2007
• PTC Study: Violence, Sex and Profanity Overwhelm TV’s Family Hour
Fox Network is the worst offender.
August 31, 2007
• ‘Dr. 90210' – or Dr. Crotch?
What compels anyone at this network, from the CEO to the lowliest of interns, to associate himself with this product?
August 24, 2007
• The Ascent of 'Torture Porn'
We wondered then if a "civilized" society could ever accept this genre in the open. It’s worth asking again because we are inching ever closer to it.
August 23, 2007
• FX Sinks to Greater Depths With Show About Transsexuality
Hollywood’s obsession with ‘edgy’ programming is blinding the industry to the consumer preference for clean shows.
August 21, 2007
• The MTV Disconnect
The network’s own survey shows that family and faith, not sex, are what make young Americans happy. Guess what’s on the nightly broadcast schedule.
August 20, 2007
• Kick Vick Out
The Atlanta Falcons superstar will plead guilty to running a dog fighting operation. He has forfeited his right to enjoy the limelight of the NFL.
August 17, 2007
• Out This Weekend: High School Musical 2
The squeaky-clean first movie was a smash hit. When will Hollywood learn that films without sex and obscene language frequently sell like hotcakes?
August 17, 2007
• The World According to the TV Critics
Showtime’s new series, Californication, blatantly and obscenely blasphemes Christianity and insults the Catholic Church – and not a single major media critic even notices.
August 10, 2007
• The Fall Season in TV Legislation
To say that Hollywood’s apologists are running out of gas is an understatement. All they have left is hot air.
August 10, 2007
• SF Chronicle Lauds Filthy Play as ‘Raunchy, Irreverent Fun’
Avenue Q begins its nationwide tour in San Francisco.
August 8, 2007
• 756*
Barry Bonds is responsible for cheating his fans, his fellow players, and himself.
August 7, 2007
• Babies and TV Screens Don’t Mix
U. Washington study finds that watching DVDs and television costs toddlers six to eight vocabulary words per hour.
August 6, 2007
• Back to School Teen Shoppers Clamor for Luxury Items Sported by Celebs
Entertainment media and advertisers are promoting the wrong values and the wrong role models.
August 6, 2007
• The “New” Nicole Richie -- Self-Proclaimed Role Model
ABC asks tough questions about drug abuse, but not about marrying the father of her child.
August 3, 2007
• Vigilant Parents Required
Never underestimate a federal bureaucracy. The FCC has struck again.
July 27, 2007
• The Gentleman and the Juicer
Cal Ripken Jr. is a striking contrast to Barry Bonds.
July 27, 2007
• Out This Weekend: The Simpsons Movie
Grownup cartoon satire often imitated, but never equaled.
July 25, 2007
• Mommy, Where are the Heroes?
Tuesday was a sad day for sports fans.
July 24, 2007
• Yes, Virginia. Sex Sells.
The New York Times gives a naughty site some free publicity.
July 24, 2007
• Spike TV Enlists in the Anti-War Movement
New miniseries slams the Iraq war, casts Iraq vets as victims and criminals.
July 24, 2007
• Where’s the Ring? WE TV Takes the Stigma Out of Shacking Up
Is this any way to empower women?
July 23, 2007
• The Latest Shock and Awe
When critics asked if the sex scenes [in HBO's new show, Tell Me You Love Me] were faked or real, actress Michelle Borth became suddenly defensive. “We are not porn stars. We're actors,” she harrumphed.
July 20, 2007
• Harry Potter: The Issue is Parental Responsibility
Moms and dads must teach children to discern the good and the bad messages in the books and movies.
July 16, 2007
• Where’s the Abortion?
Washington Post film critic alleges ‘moral hypocrisy’ in pro-life message.
July 16, 2007
• CBS Exploits Child Labor Law Loopholes for Ratings
Kid Nation works children 14 hours per day, calls it ‘summer camp.’
July 9, 2007
• A Spoonful of Vulgar Helps the Coffee Go Down
NBC's Today treats viewers to some early morning profanity.
July 6, 2007
• Worshiping Gaia and the Goracle
Professionalism goes out the window as Big Media swoons over Al Gore and his Live Earth extravaganza.
June 29, 2007
• Grand, Old, and Pitiful
When the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on children and TV violence on June 26, it was the Democrats taking the entertainment industry to task as socially irresponsible, while Republicans in general favored the do-nothing approach.
June 27, 2007
• See Some Evil, Hear Some Evil
Nets cover Capitol Hill NFL violence hearings, turn a blind eye to TV violence hearings.
June 22, 2007
• Paris Hilton to Make Pokey Time Pay Off
For 25 days or so of indignity the heiress will turn over a quick million bucks, thanks to checkbook journalism. Has NBC lost its collective mind?
June 22, 2007
• 'Conservatives' for Sleaze TV
This kind of conservative has embraced the anarchical libertarian worldview ... that the “market” – society’s lowest common denominator on cultural issues – should decide. And if this erosion of traditional values leads to the disintegration of the culture, so be it.
June 15, 2007
• South Park Filth Fest
This weekend millions of families will be exposed to South Park’s “most foul-mouthed, sexually offensive” programs, courtesy of Comedy Central.
June 15, 2007
• Hillary vs. Hollywood
Hollywood’s muck-makers are advised to see the writing on the wall. When Hillary Clinton is scolding you in the headlines, maybe it’s time to shape up.
June 13, 2007
• Role Models for Girls: Choice of Two, Take Your Pick
The Olympic athlete/Playboy model, or the squeaky clean teen movie star?
June 11, 2007
• Media Dislike Pro-Life Messages in Mainstream Movies
Why is it when Hollywood decides to address the subject of complicated pregnancies, the liberal media have to carp if the directors opt not to promote abortion?
June 8, 2007
• Hilton’s Slammer Syndrome
Judge does not like Paris in the springtime.
June 8, 2007
• Judges vs. the FCC
The federal judges who ruled against the FCC suggested the agency’s rulings were "arbitrary and capricious." But is there anything more arbitrary and capricious than an egotistical celebrity dropping the F-bomb on national TV? Or the network refusing to administer a tiny delay?
June 7, 2007
• Paris Hilton Now ‘Jailed’ in the Lap of Luxury
Whatever happened to Paris proving she could serve the time ‘the right way?’
June 7, 2007
• Does Watching TV Damage Character?
The Culture and Media Institute's new Special Report, The Media Assault on American Values, reveals that media messages appear to be undermining the pillars of America’s cultural edifice: strength of character, sexual morality and respect for God.
June 6, 2007
• Medved Lauds New Culture Survey
Leading Hollywood critic says quantity, not just quality, of viewing affects TV watchers.
June 5, 2007
• Max Hardcore is No Steven Spielberg
Seriously, DOJ. Why make a self-proclaimed peddler of porn he boasts is “nastier and more vulgar than ever before seen” sound like a legitimate filmmaker? It’s like describing Al Capone as an entrepreneur with a beverage company.
June 4, 2007
• Press Release: Paris Hilton Goes to Jail
MRC's Culture and Media Institute Applauds Hilton for Finally Taking Personal Responsibility for Actions
May 31, 2007
• Barroid!
Irresponsible steroid use by pro athletes leads to invasive Texas law.
May 30, 2007
• The Revolving Rehab Door
The cult of celebrity. The politics of victimhood. Narcissism. All speak to a complete lack of personal responsibility. And all serve as great fodder for readers hungry to peek into the messed up lives of celebrities. Somehow this is “news.”
May 29, 2007
• Surprise Moral Lesson from Cannes: Film Festival Honors Virtue, Snubs Hollywood
Have American movies become too lewd even for France?
May 29, 2007
• Rosie Bails Out Three Weeks Early
Feisty talker couldn't face the heat after calling U.S. troops "terrorists."
May 18, 2007
• Radio Plays Rape for Laughs
Ask yourself this very simple question: How does the Imus “ho” comment match on the horror scale with this rape-and-murder gag?
May 16, 2007
• USA TODAY Ranks “Top” 25 TV Moments
List points out many major culprits contributing to the media assault on traditional values and personal responsibility.
May 14, 2007
• ‘Inquisition’ Docudrama Pillories Catholic Church
Is PBS trying to discredit contemporary Christian teachings about morality and personal responsibility by setting up a straw man?
May 10, 2007
• Celebrity Media, Heal Thyself
Back in January, ABC’s 20/20 acted shocked when man-on-the-street interviews revealed that nobody knew who cured polio, but many could name Nicole Richie’s best friend. Earth to ABC: did you ever think this could be your fault? This was the first time Jonas Salk had been mentioned on ABC... in the 21st century. In the meantime, Paris Hilton has been mentioned in thousands of stories.
May 4, 2007
• Verizon Connects Customers to Raunchy Rapper
It doesn’t get any more hypocritical than a recording company using federal law to stifle free speech critical of its lewd and lascivious rapper while wrapping the First Amendment around him.
May 3, 2007
• Russell Simmons' Solutions
Simmons declared, "I think that children, and parents, and everyone else who doesn't really understand the hip-hop community should have a choice....we want people to choose what they want. And if you turn on mainstream radio, you shouldn't have to hear these words."
April 26, 2007
• Only CBS Covers Rap Mogul’s Call to Clean Up Lyrics
Couric acknowledges that the call to remove offensive words from rap music is a question of social responsibility, not censorship.
April 25, 2007
• Rosie Will Quit on a Sour Note
Footage of embarrassing rant precedes announcement that O’Donnell is leaving The View at the end of the season.
April 24, 2007
• NY Times Movie Reviewer Ignores Evidence about Effects of Media Violence
Scott irresponsibly ignores decades of social science studies that show a direct correlation between the consumption of violent media (movies, television, video games, and music) and increases in aggressive actions and attitudes.
April 23, 2007
• ‘Soft Porn’ in the Sunday Washington Post
Under the guise of promoting feminist art, the Arts section of the April 22 Washington Post featured four images of nude or partially nude women and suggested that pornography is “aesthetic.”
April 18, 2007
• PTC: TV Networks Get 'F' for Ratings
New study shows networks fail to warn parents about program content
April 13, 2007
• Only ABC Addresses Broader Context of Imus Firing Adequately
Is the story of the firing of radio shock jock Don Imus only about racism, or is it also about hatred and incivility in hip hop culture?
April 13, 2007
• Blood, Guts, but No (Box-Office) Glory
The message comes across loud and clear. Hollywood wants more – more violence, more gore, more blood. But another message, while a whisper, is just as powerful. Last weekend’s box office indicates that audiences may think this bar of depravity has slipped too low.
April 12, 2007
• Media Cash In on Racism
What is newsworthy about the latest Imus insult in the morning isn’t that liberal and conservative commentators alike expressed moral outrage at Imus’ remarks—it’s that they agreed that Imus shouldn’t be fired for saying it.
April 11, 2007
• Bias in the Headlines
Gay “marriage” is not recognized in Florida or California, where Disney’s amusement parks are located. The ceremonies that will be performed on the company’s properties and cruise ships will not be weddings.
April 6, 2007
• Fox Medical Drama Surprises Viewers with Pro-Life Storyline
House writers choose to value life, at least for an hour in prime time.
April 4, 2007
• The Easter "Hit" Parade (a summary)
Beginning on February 26, the news and entertainment media have fired a stunning barrage of criticism at religious beliefs, religious practice, and religious symbols. Nothing is too sacred to attack this year, not even the most crucial teachings of Judaism and Christianity.
April 4, 2007
• Hollywood, in a Nutshell
A horror movie director delights in making people sick with on-screen violence, despite the correlation between watching violence and real-life aggression.
April 3, 2007
• Showtime Renews Lesbian Series
The CBS-owned cable network is buying another season of The L Word despite its shrinking audience.
April 2, 2007
• Homosexual Agenda Gets Two-fer in Sunday New York Times
"Coming out" is to be praised, as is attending the "world's largest lesbian party."
March 28, 2007
• Philosophers and South Park
From time to time we hear about zany professors of popular culture using their academic credentials to elevate the most aggressively offensive and potty-mouthed TV shows into the Great Works of Western Civilization.
March 27, 2007
• It's All About Being on Television
NY Times article sums up obsession with celebrity.
March 21, 2007
• Consumer Choice vs. Pointless Publicity
This ad campaign doesn’t address the most glaring problem with the V-chip – that even if every parent became a technological whiz with the blocking buttons, the broadcast and cable networks do an incredibly slipshod job of accurately describing potentially objectionable content with those letters than nobody knows.
March 20, 2007
• NBC's Today Show Labels Purity Movement ‘Controversial’
Children abstaining from sex until adulthood appears to be an alien concept in certain media circles.
March 19, 2007
• New York Times Movie Reviews: We'll Take Lust over 'Moral Reprimand'
Which movie do you think would get a positive write-up in The New York Times? An inspirational movie about character building, or a comic tribute to lust?
March 15, 2007
• The View from the Bottom
The girls on The View are unanimous: Homosexuality is not only morally right but probably ought to be encouraged if we want to keep our military strong.
March 14, 2007
• PBS Alum Robert MacNeil Slams 'Fundamentalism' in Kennedy Center Speech
Attacking religious conservatives is not enough for the Washington Post; you have to slam the Iraq War as well.
March 9, 2007
• The Numbers on Moral Decline
Americans look into their television sets, and are getting a high-definition dose of Hollywood’s take on values. Fully 68 percent of Americans in the survey said the media are having a detrimental effect on moral values in America.
March 8, 2007
• Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Sabotaging Faith on the Sabbath
March 7, 2007
• Madonna’s Dilemma: Survey Shows America in Cultural, Spiritual Confusion
Some 74 percent of Americans believe our nation has suffered a moral decline during the past twenty years, and 64 percent believe the media are a major factor in that decline.
March 6, 2007
• Fox = Family? A New Show Holds Promise
The edgiest entertainment network discovers that family-friendly programming can really work.
March 2, 2007
• The '24' Quandary
There's a difference between action movies, often rated PG-13 or R, in which the viewers drive to the theater and choose the film, and national television, which can often encountered almost involuntarily by a casual press of the remote.
February 27, 2007
• Bozell, Knight Call on Discovery Channel to Drop 'Documentary' on Jesus Tomb
Isn't the Discovery Channel supposed to be non-fiction?
February 27, 2007
• Oscar’s Artistic, Foul Mouth
This year's Best Picture nominees were aesthetically excellent, but morally impaired.
February 23, 2007
• The Celebrity Asylum
The best thing you can say about the current celebrity journalism glut is that it’s teaching an object lesson in How Not To Live.
February 22, 2007
• Britney Spears, Anna Nicole Smith and those "Sociopathic" Republicans
Liberal celebrities can have their say. But it’s also fair to remind Americans just what the limousine liberals are saying, and how the likes of ABC and CNN and other media seem to do all they can to accommodate them.
February 21, 2007
• CBS Focuses on Hollywood Money, but No Mention of Hollywood Values
What do Tinseltown activists expect of politicians in return for all that cash?
February 16, 2007
• Walden's Big Idea
Walden Media has taken Hollywood by storm with its commitment to putting great literature on the big screen.
February 13, 2007
• Valentine's Day: Ladies Mags Tout S-E-X not Love
Women say they want romance. Women's magazines peddle sex.
February 7, 2007
• Weird Men from Mars and Chevy
This year's Super Bowl ads illustrate the sharp divide in American culture.
February 5, 2007
• Friends of God Not Friendly to Evangelicals
Why bother trying to "discover" who evangelical Christians are, when all you're really doing is reinforcing tired old stereotypes?
February 2, 2007
• Super Bowl Promoters Make Offensive Calls
NFL cracks down on a church, but plays footsie with a racy advertiser.
January 29, 2007
• TV Critics Smear "Scary" Bible Belt
January 26, 2007
• The Black Hole of Sundance
The 2007 Sundance festival has reached a new low with a strange, yet highly publicized film called Zoo.
January 23, 2007
• Goth Gotcha
Which children's story does the Post emphasize? The American Library Association's award winners? Or Goth culture and fashion?
January 19, 2007
• Saints and Swearing
After zooming in on a woman wearing an obscene T-shirt at an NFL game, Fox apologized - but the network is suing for the right to broadcast the F-bomb any time of day.
January 15, 2007
• Studies Show Violence on Television Permeates All Genres
Violence on television has reached record levels, so we can expect more aggressive behavior from children.
January 12, 2007
• The Ancient Problem of TV Violence
Concerns about violence on television date back to 1954. But who would have predicted television could be as noxious as it is today?
January 11, 2007
• More Violence, More Sex, More Troubled Kids
Prime time TV is more violent than ever before, more of the violence is sex-related, and children are paying the price.
January 2, 2007
• MTV Promotes the Death of Innocence
Do parents actually watch what their kids watch on MTV? Or, in the effort to be "un-priggish," have they completely abdicated responsibility to turn the garbage off?
December 19, 2006
• A&E's "Wedding Wars" Shamelessly Plugs Gay "Marriage"
Caricatures abound in this fantasy about a nation-wide strike by gays and supporters of gay "marriage"
December 12, 2006
• War on Christmas? Bah, Humbug.
The media are turning a blind eye to one of our most important cultural and Constitutional conflicts.
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