Celebrity Media, Heal Thyself

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Fear or Bigotry? PBS to Reveal 'Truth' of the Inquisition

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The Public Broadcasting System is planning to air a documentary certain to offend Catholics scant weeks after canceling a documentary for fear of offending Muslims.

Media Ignores Study Revealing Anti-Evangelical Bias

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Isn't it newsworthy that a majority of American college faculty members hold unfavorable views of evangelical Christians?

The McGreeveys' Media Week

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Manipulation of the media is alive and well in America.

Times Ignores Anti-War, Anti-Bush Rants of Arabic School Leader

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"Where some see a bridge between cultures, others see an 'Islamist agenda.'" Guess which one the Times thinks you should see?

Verizon Connects Customers to Raunchy Rapper

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It doesn't get any more hypocritical than a recording company using federal law to stifle free speech critical of its lewd and lascivious rapper while wrapping the First Amendment around him.

ABC World News Uses Scary Footage to Push Hate Crimes Bill

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News report avoids the real story: the House hate crimes vote.

Russell Simmons' Solutions

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Simmons declared, I think that children, and parents, and everyone else who doesn't really understand the hip-hop community should have a choice....we want people to choose what they want. And if you turn on mainstream radio, you shouldn't have to hear these words.

Picking on Patriotic Passports

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Neil MacFarquhar finds a new passport design 'rife' with patriotic imagery.

Good Morning America: Sex and Sweeps

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ABC makes the most of its 'exclusive' on the 'D.C. Madam' case

Only CBS Covers Rap Mogul's Call to Clean Up Lyrics

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Couric acknowledges that the call to remove offensive words from rap music is a question of social responsibility, not censorship.

Rosie Will Quit on a Sour Note

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Footage of embarrassing rant precedes announcement that O'Donnell is leaving The View at the end of the season.

ABC Attacks Reparative Therapy for Homosexuals

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Diane Sawyer delivers hit piece based on the story of one disappointed lesbian.

ABC News Distorts Own Poll Showing Culture as Most Culpable in Virgini

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MRC's Culture and Media Institute Calls Discrepancy Evidence of Liberal Bias