Applauding 'Grand Theft
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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.
Stars and Stripes, Newsweek Tut-Tut Concerns about Porn on Military Ba
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The big newsweekly suggests Congressman's motive for proposing a ban is re-election, not the welfare of the troops.
NBC Showcases Heartthrob with a Message
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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.
Taboo-Busting ABC Touts Sister-Brother Love
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Good Morning America jolts viewers awake with a puff piece on incest.
Newsweek Helps Obama Four Different Ways
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Magazine spares no efforts to help Obama over the Wright hurdle.
Left Wing and Wright Brained
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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.
GOP Again Challenging Dem Patriotism - But Where's the Times' Evidence
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Robin Toner's still whining about Michael Dukakis: "[In 1988] the Republicans used the symbols of nationhood (notably, whether schoolchildren should be required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance) to bludgeon the Democrats, challenge their patriotism and utterly redefine their nominee, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts."
CW Blasphemes God (with a Wink and a Nod) in Ads for Teen Drama
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Gossip Girl campaign uses text-message shorthand over racy photos and videos.
Profiles in Cowardice, Unreported
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Smith College allows militant lesbians to silence a speaker; APA, pressured by gay activists, cancels a panel on therapy for homosexuals. Liberal media ignore both stories.
CBS May Day Bouquet to the Castros
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On The Early Show, correspondent Liz Palmer describes Fidel Castro as Cuba's revolutionary hero and lauds new dictator Raul Castro's efforts to improve workers' lives.
CBS's Criminal Minds Smears Christians
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Gay son becomes serial killer because religious dad tried to beat him straight.
Obama's 'Pastor Souljah' Moment
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Media hope Obama has put the Wright controversy behind him, but important questions yet unasked must be answered first.
Opponents of Muslim School "Divisive," "Self-Appointed Watchdogs
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Overdramatic Andrea Elliott: Opponents of a Muslim public school and its principal Debbie Almontaser are part "of a growing and organized movement to stop Muslim citizens who are seeking an expanded role in American public life."
