Michael Medved, author, film critic, and talk-radio host, argues in one of his latest columns--"Why TV Addiction Links to Liberalism"--that excessive TV viewing may lead some people to embrace "distinctly liberal attitudes on a range of crucial issues, placing them well to the left" of people with lighter TV viewing habits. Medved bases his views on the new study by the MRC's Culture and Media Institute, entitled The Media Assault on American Values.
"The isolation associated with hours and hours in front of the tube leads to liberal values and viewpoints," says Medved.
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If all you know is what you'v
June 21, 2007 - 16:32 ET by Chris NormanIf all you know is what you've seen on TV, then yeah, I can see this happening...
The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.
- Arabian Proverb
Afternoon Chris....Amen to yo
June 21, 2007 - 16:42 ET by bigtimerAfternoon Chris....
Amen to your post.
After-all it is 99% lib garbage.
Period.
I can't watch TV - can't stan
June 21, 2007 - 17:27 ET by TruthMongerI can't watch TV - can't stand the repulsive stench of the liberal agenda being rammed down my throat...
But it is nice to see the libs worshipping at their house of worship every day - they are so devout - just like radical Muslim terrorists - I guess it's no wonder you can't tell an osama quote from a behar quote when it comes to the war on terror...
}}----> Medved
June 21, 2007 - 16:40 ET by Cool ArrowGuess I need to shut off my FOX 22/7 tube. Can I still get my 2 hours of Rush?
Does that hold true for movie
June 21, 2007 - 16:48 ET by amberDoes that hold true for movies too? I only get CBS at home, so, we do a lot of movie watching here.
}}----> Yes, Amber
June 21, 2007 - 16:54 ET by Cool ArrowEspecially movies.
Now if you had NBC, that would be OK. No bias there.
NBC is offering $1Million to Paris Hilton for an interview with Meredith Vieira.
Skinny as she is, I guess I can't call it a fluff piece
a suggestion...
June 21, 2007 - 17:07 ET by goldenthroatMaybe it's time to get out a good book and turn off the freakin' boob tube!
Never dance on an empty stomach unless it's a liberal.
}}----> He said boob
June 21, 2007 - 17:12 ET by Cool Arrowheh heh heh
OOOOOOOOOOOk!
June 21, 2007 - 17:25 ET by goldenthroatRead anything you want into that, Cool One!
boobs again, hu?
June 21, 2007 - 18:23 ET by amberboobs again, hu?
They are guys amber...what do
June 21, 2007 - 18:33 ET by bigtimerThey are guys amber...what do you expect?
Btw...I too have called it the boob tube...as in idiot box....
Lol!
That phrase could be loaded too....now that I think about it....
ROFL now...
Ha! my husband never calls
June 21, 2007 - 18:36 ET by amberHa! my husband never calls it that, though.
Hmmm...
June 21, 2007 - 19:54 ET by goldenthroatamber,
And just what does your husband call it?
It has been so long I think I
June 21, 2007 - 20:04 ET by amberIt has been so long I think I forgot.
Whoa!
June 21, 2007 - 20:08 ET by goldenthroatNow that's a long time!
tell me about it! and peopl
June 21, 2007 - 20:13 ET by ambertell me about it! and people wonder why I get bit#$y.
}}----> yes, again
June 21, 2007 - 18:34 ET by Cool ArrowGuess I got busted
Cool...Yep....you had better
June 21, 2007 - 18:56 ET by bigtimerCool...
Yep....you had better keep abreast of what you post that may offend others!
LOL....
Ugh!
June 21, 2007 - 19:30 ET by goldenthroatWould one of you guys please pass me the airsick bag - these puns are getting to me!
I am not sure I can, it might
June 21, 2007 - 20:06 ET by amberI am not sure I can, it might be too hard to do.
Can you please bust up this b
June 21, 2007 - 19:35 ET by Free StinkerCan you please bust up this bad pun convention ?
Evening Free....Uh-Oh...You j
June 21, 2007 - 19:49 ET by bigtimerEvening Free....
Uh-Oh...
You just went tit's up with that post...
Bust was already used.
LOL....
Oops
June 21, 2007 - 23:39 ET by Free StinkerOops
Liberals watch a lot of TV be
June 21, 2007 - 17:41 ET by Dave RLiberals watch a lot of TV because they have to have pictures.
Which came first, the chick
June 21, 2007 - 18:03 ET by JerryWhich came first, the chicken or the egg? Do they watch a lot of tv because they are liberal, or are they liberal because they watch a lot of tv?
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment
vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any
President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
So if the libbies are watchin
June 21, 2007 - 18:31 ET by balboaSo if the libbies are watching TV, what are the connies doing, needlepoint-ing gun cozies?
I have no idea what the conni
June 21, 2007 - 18:35 ET by amberI have no idea what the connies are doing. I know a lady named Connie and she like to work a lot.
Welcome to Michael Medved's &
June 21, 2007 - 18:58 ET by ding7777Welcome to Michael Medved's "The View" audition.
I quit watching network TV (n
June 21, 2007 - 19:20 ET by drillanwrI quit watching network TV (news and "entertainment") several years ago. My only TV show outlet is "24" (yeah, I know, this season sucked) and "Battlestar Galactica" (which is getting too political in its writing trying to reflect the Iraq war and all the political BS surrounding it). I tune into old movies (like on TCM) or a cable program or some HBO non-sense series. Was into Deadwood, but I'm really tired of all the gutter language (doubtful the f-bomb flew about so much back then). And then came Big Love ... Dumbsoap opera on steroids. Now I'm getting sucked into John From Cincinnati (which I think is code for Jesus Christ) and they must be direct descendents of the folks of Deadwood ... But I'm a sucker for surfing footage.
But since I stopped watching network TV I found I began thinking for myself again.
The Office. Friday Night Lig
June 21, 2007 - 19:51 ET by balboaThe Office.
Friday Night Lights.
Scrubs.
Veronica Mars.
The Amazing Race.
Rescue Me.
The Closer.
30 Rock.
There's just something about
June 21, 2007 - 20:01 ET by drillanwrThere's just something about Kyra Sedgwick's mouth that creeps me right out.
Homicide: Life On The Streets ... Now there was a great show.
That was great. Andre Braughe
June 21, 2007 - 20:19 ET by balboaThat was great. Andre Braugher, Yaphet Kotto...good times. Did you ever see that episode where the guy was stuck between the subway and the platform? Wow.
Yes, that was actually Vincen
June 22, 2007 - 10:16 ET by drillanwrYes, that was actually Vincent Dinofrio. That was one of the more chilling episodes. The one where Braugher's character strokes out in the interrogation room was another.
Scrubs? An Air Force doctor
June 21, 2007 - 20:19 ET by Trix RabbitScrubs? An Air Force doctor told me that Scrubs should be classified as a documentary and not a comedy.
24
The Shield
Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell
The UK version of Deal or No
June 21, 2007 - 20:04 ET by bretzysdudeThe UK version of Deal or No Deal on YouTube.
And reruns of old shows on DVD.
Michael Medved is Correct
June 21, 2007 - 20:34 ET by Lame CherryMichael Medved is correct in manufactured experience creates the Cindy Sheehan to Henry Waxman liberal.
Unless you learn early and hard that God, His morality, life and death are what life is about from making the right decisions in real life that has consequences you end up with tramp stamped, doping liberal children who think watching someone else live is what life is.
Hire someone to milk your cow, only eat veggies to think you are not killing something to live, get rid of God so all is legal and then let the government decide how you life your life.........and voila you Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton.
Unless a child grows up with examples of John Wayne doing it right in this world of wrong along with living through hard times and learning to trust God through them even when it doesn't have the fairytale ending......they will be democrats existing in fear every time.
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I know I've definitely seen a
June 21, 2007 - 21:57 ET by deedledeeI know I've definitely seen a change in attitudes among young people who grew up watching MTV's Real World. In 1992, the show began with one of the seven roommates who was a gay man. Just about every year someone in the house has been gay, (most notably Pedro in 1994 who was very sympathetic, got "married" on the show, and died of AIDS shortly after the shows aired.) Most young people I've known during this time have said they came to accept the gay lifestyle as a positive thing because they admired what they saw on that show. I've watched it and can see how it humanizes people we might not be aware of, but feeling compassion for people and changing society to let a minority lifestyle have an equal footing with marriage are two different things.
LCAmen to your John Wayne com
June 22, 2007 - 00:38 ET by SnowWhiteLC
Amen to your John Wayne comment. My husband and I have been fans of The Duke for many years and our kids grew up watching his movies again and again. I can only imagine what Mr. Wayne would think if he saw the crap that is in movies and on tv now. God help us! The left-wing b.s makes me so mad I feel like tossing the tv in the garbage half the time. But we like watching Glenn Beck, so I guess we'll keep it for awhile. LOL Thank God for my gardens! I can escape outside all summer. Love that global warming.
TV vs Net
June 21, 2007 - 22:03 ET by austinhookTV is bad enough, but where did all the 9-11 truthers come from? -- mostly from believing unfiltered garbage they read on the net. So take a teenager, where can you start him finding balance in all the super media noise of the present day?
I have now learned to take
June 21, 2007 - 23:32 ET by NasamikeI have now learned to take the committed conservative Michael Medved's words with a grain of salt. If you have listened to his radio show recently, you know that he supports the current Senate Immigration Bill. And right from the believe it or not pages, he does not deny that the mythical Sasquatch (Bigfoot) is roaming the forests of the Pacific Northwest.
I think he's got a point...
June 22, 2007 - 03:13 ET by sarcasmoI think he's got a point...Watching Jamie Gold on ESPN at the WSOP clearly made me believe that with the right cards (or in his case, with pretty much any 2 cards) it's entirely possible to get something for nothing. Sadly, that belief is hardly confined to the poker table or to politically-left "liberals" anymore. Everyone goes "ALL IN" with the taxpayers' money, the vast majority of "conservatives" included.
JMR