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		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. *Kristen Fyfe -- May 9, 2008* *CBS Evening News* Touts Financial Discipline Expert, but Omits Her Faith Motivation • Reporter Richard Schlesinger is surprised by the notion of giving 10% to charity, the Biblical principle of tithing. Kristen Fyfe -- May 8, 2008 Walters Makes Light of Adultery in Autobiography** • News of Barbara Walters’ cheating past gets a free pass from Oprah and The Washington Post. *Colleen Raezler -- 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.” *L. Brent Bozell III -- 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. *Kristen Fyfe -- May 7, 2008*
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Special Reports

Apostles of Atheism
• CMI’s Senior Writer Kristen Fyfe exposes how the media peddled the Gospel of Godlessness during 2007, the so-called “Year of the Atheist.”
Kristen Fyfe - March 19, 2008

Down a Dark Abby
• CMI’s Colleen Raezler reveals that famed advice columnist Dear Abby misses the mark on sexual morality. Far from promoting common sense traditional values, Abby is an outspoken champion of the sexual revolution.
Colleen Raezler - February 12, 2008

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	Eyes on Culture
	‘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
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	From Other MRC Websites
	Media Research Center Williams Tosses Softballs to Obama, Empathizes Over Elitist Image May 9, 2008 CNN's Blitzer to Obama: 'Ready to Handle' the 'Assault' from GOP? May 9, 2008 TimesWatch.org Guantanamo Bay Inmate Released, Becomes Terrorist: Still U.S. Fault? May 9, 2008 House Democrats Aim to "Rescue" Over Half a Million Homeowners May 9, 2008 Business and Media Institute U.S. News Publisher Denies Giving to Campaigns, Despite 3 Recent Gifts to Dems May 9, 2008 Nightline Attacks 'Edible Food-Like Substances' in One-Sided Report May 9, 2008

Highlights

Eye On Culture
CNN's 'Compassion Forum' Reveals Faith in Liberalism
The lineup of religion-based questions to candidates Clinton and Obama show how liberal news media and liberal activists work together to conflate “compassion” with more government and less personal responsibility.

Bill Maher Slanders Pope Benedict
MRC and CMI call on Maher to apologize for his lies about the Pope and call upon Time Warner to take action against its bigoted show host.

CMI Video
CMI Director Knight Says Media Are Trying to Redefine 'Normal.'
From Good Morning America to Oprah, the media are promoting the concept of a "pregnant man" and the idea that people can individually decide what is "normal," CMI Director Robert Knight tells CBN's NewsWatch.

Press Release
Media Buy Into Bizarre Lie of Pregnant ‘Man’
CMI challenges the media to stop advancing the lie of the pregnant ‘man.’

MRC Take Action!
Insist your newspaper carry a disclaimer on Dear Abby Columns:

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