Nightmare on Prom Street

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Since when do principals ask their students not to simulate anal sex in public dances?

Teen Sex Is Up? Blame Abstinence

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ABC's Good Morning America and NPR point the usual finger, while Washington Post provides more balance.

Media Hype CBS Wife-Swapping TV Series Swingtown

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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.

Shielding Obama with the Power of Ridicule

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How do you protect your candidate from a dangerous revelation? Attack the messenger.

California Voters to Decide on Same-Sex 'Marriage' – Where's the Med

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Only ABC's Good Morning America reports that Californians will have an opportunity to overrule the state Supreme Court.

Sex and the Skittish

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Newsweek seems to lament how the movie isn't outrageous enough. The headline is Girls Gone Mild.

Obama Breaks with Radical Church - After Conservatives Question Patrio

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What more can the poor man do? "Now that Mr. Obama has addressed his ties to the church and pastor in a long speech and fully broken with both, it is not clear what else he can say or do to ameliorate the continued concerns of some voters about those associations."

CBS: Universal Health Care a Moral Imperative

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Reporter Priya David discounts the social and economic cost in promoting the Massachusetts mandatory health insurance plan

Another Cost of Celebrity Obsession

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Should we restrict the paparazzi or curb the appetite for celebrity Mcnews?

Media Shove Boy Scout Story under a Tent

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Boy Scouts face eviction by the city over no-homosexuals policy.

Kirk Cameron's Faith Embraced on The View

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Evangelical Christianity is okay when it's proclaimed by a heartthrob.

LA Times Writer Whacks Columnist for 'Shivving' Sebelius Over Abortion

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Media critic Tim Rutten attacks Robert Novak for using guilt by association against the Kansas governor, then plays the same card against Novak.

Any Stick's Good Enough to Beat Abstinence Education

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NBC's Nancy Snyderman uses an uptick in teen pregnancy rates to challenge morally based sex ed.

Tennis Pro Harkleroad Poses for Playboy; Reuters Hails 'Glamorous Coup

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Article quotes star Serena Williams praising Georgia girl's courage, but cites no critics of pornography.