Sex and Aggression: The Media Impact on Children
• CMI Senior Writer Kristen Fyfe reports on two profoundly important studies that link children’s media consumption to teen pregnancy and hostile behavior.
Kristen Fyfe - November 11, 2008

Lavender Propaganda
• CMI research assistant Colleen Raezler exposes the efforts of Hollywood and the news media to promote acceptance of homosexuality in America.
Colleen Raezler - October 7, 2008

Will Edwards Scandal Teach Media that Lying about Adultery Is Wrong?
• CMI senior editor Brian Fitzpatrick and intern Julia Seward examine the news media’s complacency toward adultery and lying, as revealed by their refusal to cover the John Edwards sex scandal.
Brian Fitzpatrick and Julia Seward - August 12, 2008

Media Big Guns Fire Away at Military's Gay Ban
• CMI Director Robert Knight exposes the media’s outright advocacy of open homosexuality in the military, and rebuts one columnist’s vicious personal attack on an expert who supports the gay ban.
Robert Knight - July 25, 2008

Listen to Those Lyrics
• CMI research assistant Colleen Raezler goes beyond the beats and melodies to examine the messages of today’s most popular songs.
Colleen Raezler- July 25, 2008

‘Compassion Forum’ Mostly Showed Faith in Liberalism
• CMI Director Robert Knight analyzes CNN’s faith-based “conversation” at Messiah College with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and reveals a bias toward equating compassion with government action, not personal responsibility.
Robert Knight - April 22, 2008

A Book for Culture Warriors
• CMI’s Colleen Raezler reviews the blockbuster book by Carol Platt Liebau documenting the blizzard of provocative sexual messages the media are sending to our children. Prude: How the Sex-Obsessed Culture Damages Girls (and America Too!), is a must-read for anybody concerned about protecting the nation’s young girls.
Colleen Raezler - March 12, 2008

Anointing Misguided Leaders: the Networks’ Disservice to Black America
• CMI senior editor Brian Fitzpatrick studies coverage of the biggest civil rights story of 2007 and finds that the networks sought comments only from the “liberal black establishment,” never from prominent African-Americans who emphasize character and personal responsibility.
Brian Fitzpatrick -- February 26, 2008

A Media Shift on the Abortion Issue?
• As America marks the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, media coverage of a high-profile murder case, recent pro-life films and plummeting abortion rates indicate a cultural current recognizing the value of human life.
Colleen Raezler -- January 21, 2008

Christmas Clashes 2007: Christmas Spirit Spreading, but Grinches Getting Grinchier
• There’s good news and bad news this Christmas. Americans are successfully putting the “Christmas” back into the holiday, but the Grinches are pettier than ever.
Kristen Fyfe -- December 18, 2007

Sex, Lies and Bias: The media assault on abstinence education.
• In The Media Assault on Abstinence Education, the Culture and Media Institute details how the liberal media are fighting against abstinence education by trumpeting a study designed to make abstinence programs look ineffective, while ignoring numerous studies that support teaching abstinence.
Kristen Fyfe -- October 15, 2007

The Media Assault on the Second Amendment
• The Second Amendment is the ultimate Constitutional expression of personal responsibility. In the Bill of Rights, the Founding Fathers acknowledged the right of the American people to arm themselves, for both self defense against criminals and as a check on tyrannical government. CMI’s latest Eye on Culture, The Media Assault on the Second Amendment, examines how the media push their anti-gun agenda – and elevate dependence on government above personal responsibility -- by twisting and omitting vital facts about the use of firearms.
David Niedrauer - August 27, 2007

How Pornography Undermines Personal Responsibility and Freedom
• The political and cultural Left have a deep interest in promoting pornography. Millions of men who might have championed the moral high ground in the public square feel that they don’t have the right to take up any moral causes, given their own moral failures. Everyone is subject to one temptation or another, but that is no excuse for doing nothing.
Robert Knight -- July 18, 2007

The Liberal Attack on Freedom of Speech
• Liberals, who once championed freedom of speech, have become the foremost critics of uncurbed opinion, and are working to deny free speech to people with whom they disagree.
Robert Knight -- May 24, 2007

Media Ignore Ford Boycott
As sales plunge and the automaker cuts jobs, the year-long action by a major pro-family group goes unreported.
Colleen Raezler - April 11, 2007

The Easter "Hit" Parade
Cultural elites launch a veritable blizzard of attacks on religion during Christianity's holiest time of the year.
Brian Fitzpatrick -- April 4, 2007

Viacom Contributes to Cultural Corrosion
68 percent of Americans, including majorities in every demographic group, believe the media are contributing to moral decline.
Kristen Fyfe -- March 29, 2007

Valentine's Day: Have the Ladies' Mags Lost the Love?
Valentine's Day: Women say they want romance. Women's magazines dish out S-E-X.
Kristen Fyfe -- February 12, 2007

Newsweek Plays Spiritual Jackass
Newsweek column serves to ridicule and undermine religious faith.
Kristen Fyfe -- January 17, 2007

Pro-Life Website Forces Correction From NY Times
Five weeks after the New York Times was notified about a major error in its reporting on abortions in El Salvador, the newspaper finally ran a correction on Sunday.
Susan Jones -- January 8, 2007

Santa's Helpers Battle Grinches in the War for Christmas

Kristen Fyfe -- 12/13/2006

Battle Lines Shifting in War on Christmas

Kristen Fyfe -- 12/07/2006