'Aspirational TV?' Or More Cable Voyeurism
Culture
Bravo introduces Real Housewives of New York City.
Media Spike Story on Obama Citing Jesus to Justify Same-Sex Civil Unio
Culture
Not a single paper or network covers Obama rejecting the Book of Romans' teaching on homosexuality.
NBC's Medium Casts Arizona Senator and Ex-POW as Murderer, Cannibal
Culture
Are the writers trying to send a backhanded political message, or will next week's episode feature a corrupt murdering female senator from New York?
Clueless in Obama Nation
Culture
On Sunday, at Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio, Sen. Obama promoted homosexual legal civil unions in answer to a question posed by a pastor, and then threw out this challenge: If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount, which I think is, in my mind, for my faith, more central than an obscure passage in Romans.
The Sunday Washington Post on Satanic Rock: 'Two Horns Up
Culture
This underlines how low the Post will go for Internet traffic numbers.
Network Jailbreak
Culture
NBC, ABC and CBS loose their America-bashing impulse in stories on the U.S. incarceration rate.
ABC Addresses 'Moral Hazard' of Government Bailouts
Culture
Taxpayer-funded rescues for people facing foreclosure could encourage even greater financial risk-taking.
NBC Focuses on Quality Family Time
Culture
Today Show highlights low-cost, low-tech ways for families to spend time together.
GMA: Is Victoria's Secret Too Sexy
Culture
ABC un-coverage crams dozens of semi-dressed models and naked body parts into two minutes of morning television news.
John McCain: Disqualified at Birth
Culture
Just the latest flaky, negative story on McCain since he apparently clinched the GOP nomination.
Bill Buckley Made It Okay to Be a Conservative
Culture
I was a conservative as a kid, but fell under the sway of liberal profs and the New Age culture. But Buckley was a key force in pulling me back to reality.
Anointing Misguided
Leaders: the Networks Disservice to Black America
Leaders: the Networks Disservice to Black America
Culture
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.
Religion in America and on the Network News
Culture
It's always interesting to see how different news organizations report the exact same information.
