CW's 'Provocative' Ad Campaign Targets Teens and Blasphemes God

May 6th, 2008 1:18 PM
“OMFG” is text-speak for the unspeakable. It's also the tag line for a new ad campaign aimed at teens and featuring a jumble of sexual situations, including teens undressing each other and two girls kissing. The campaign blitz is appearing in print and television, all aimed at drumming up eyeballs for the CW network's teen-themed soap "Gossip Girl."For the uninitiated, “OMG” translates to “Oh…

Hillary Tells People: Whip Inflation With Women's Magazine Tips

May 6th, 2008 12:24 PM
Jody L. Wilcox at The Contemporary Conservative blog mocks People magazine for a "really lame" puffball interview with Hillary Clinton in their 100 Most Beautiful People edition (Hillary was not on that list). There were the usual annoying pop-culture questions: "American Idol or Dancing With the Stars"? (Both.) "Tina Fey or Amy Poehler?" (Both.) Most Clinton critics would hone in on the usual…

Military BansYouTube, MySpace, MTV and Other High-Trafficked Sites

May 15th, 2007 6:28 PM
Updates at bottom: I want my MTV! Somewhere a soldier or sailor in Iraq or Afghanistan is probably thinking that today. According to the AP, on May 14, the Department of Defense blocked “worldwide” the US troops who use its networks and computers from accessing 12 popular websites that include, YouTube, MTV, MySpace, Blackplanet and Photobucket. The Defense Deparmene which the DoD said“take up a…

People Magazine Highlights How Al Gore Is 'Saving the Planet

June 4th, 2006 10:37 PM