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Seeing Moral Grays In 9/11

Posted on 20 November 2009

Picking up the Sunday paper on November 15 could make a reader a little airsick – even while standing in the driveway. The Washington Post "news analysis" on the front page carried the headline "9/11 trial could become a parable…

Group Sex on “Gossip Girl”

Posted on 16 November 2009

It’s a sad state of affairs. There is absolutely no barrier of sexual behavior that TV network executives aren’t willing to cross in a desperate gambit for ratings. There also seems be to no sleazy line that a squeaky-clean teenage…

Fort Hood Horror

Posted on 12 November 2009

Horror spread quickly across America as the story unfolded: an Army psychiatrist went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas, killing 13 and wounding 30. But as more information emerged, clearly pointing to an act of terrorism, many…

A Stomach Ache for Our Sponsors

Posted on 09 November 2009

In the earliest days of television, shows were often supported entirely by one sponsor. There was the “Texaco Star Theater” with Milton Berle. Remember “General Electric Theater” with Ronald Reagan? The corporate patron was held responsible for the content within…

The Dede Media

Posted on 04 November 2009

The New York Times editorial page is a perfect weather vane for the way the liberal media’s hot air is blowing. In an October 26 editorial called “Torching the Big Tent,” they lamented: “The feeble pulse of moderation in the Republican…

Don’t Replay the Seventies

Posted on 29 October 2009

The Left is ecstatic about the latest ABC News-Washington Post poll, which claimed a surge in public support for the so-called “public option,” wrapped in the (insincere) rhetoric of “choice” and “competition.” The poll asks if the government should “create…

Losing “Reality”

Posted on 27 October 2009

The “Balloon Boy” hoax spellbound the entire country on October 15. Everyone empathized with the situation of the supposedly floating child or the supposedly distraught parents. But the real problem was different. It was the increasingly sickening blur between reality…

The Censorious Sound on the Left

Posted on 21 October 2009

Rush Limbaugh was convicted of racism in a kangaroo court of "objective" media and dropped as a potential owner of the St. Louis Rams football franchise. His accusers claimed he once said slavery "had its merits" and that the assassin…

MTV’s Exotic Marathon

Posted on 19 October 2009

The programming gurus at MTV are basing their profit-making strategy on the viewer demographic of 12 to 34 – as if there’s no difference in maturity level between 12 and 34. MTV’s brand of sensationalistic "reality TV" was easily demonstrated…

The Nobel Surprise

Posted on 14 October 2009

Like everyone else on the morning of October 9, the major media’s first reaction to Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize was shock and disbelief. NBC’s Matt Lauer spoke for the pack when he said he didn’t want to…

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