Tim Winter
Bozell, Other Conservative Leaders to Hold Teleconference Asking Comed
June 2nd, 2010 3:08 PM
NewsBusters Publisher and Media Research Center President Brent Bozell and five other members of the Citizens Against Religious Bigotry (CARB) coalition will hold a tele-news conference tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. EDT to ask advertisers on Viacom's Comedy Central to publicly pledge to not support/underwrite a show currently in pre-production. The show is entitled "JC" - as in Jesus Christ. [More…
CW’s Teen Threesome Ho-Hum for Entertainment Weekly
November 11th, 2009 2:17 PM
On Nov. 9 CW's teen-targeted "Gossip Girl" featured a threesome, portraying it as a normal, expected event in a college student's life. The episode depicted three friends completing a list that was supposedly printed in their college newspaper: "The 15 Things Every College Student Must Do Before Graduating." Number 11 was "Have a Threesome." On Nov. 10, the day after the episode aired,…
New PTC Study Finds Increased Depictions of Violence Against Women on
October 28th, 2009 5:20 PM
Violence against women has increased on TV programs, according to a new study by the Parents Television Council. "Women in Peril: A Look at TV's Disturbing New Storyline Trend" found that incidents of violence against women and teenage girls increased 120 percent on television in the in the past five years, while overall violence on primetime broadcast entertainment programs increased only 2…
FOX: Gay Sex and Bible Bashing is Apparently A-OK for Kids
March 11th, 2009 4:08 PM
Family Guy – talk about a misnomer. The animated Fox television series crossed sexual, moral and religious boundaries on Sunday evening when it aired content inappropriate for its young target audience.The controversial material was not limited to one subject, or isolated in a single scene. Images of gay men kissing, a baby eating semen, physical abuse, sexual touching and a half naked male were…