Culture

Advertisers Shy Away from “Dirty Dozen” Shows

by CE Editors April 12, 2001

by Ed Vitagliano
(AgapePress) – There are said to be places that even angels fear to tread. According to Media Life, there are also shows on which advertisers fear to advertise.
The magazine listed its “dirty dozen” shows which media…

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Ashcroft Calls on Editors to Report News “Responsibly”

by CE Editors April 11, 2001

(This update courtesy of Agape Press.)
Activist Warns Small Towns: Be Proactive Against Porn-Related Firmsby Rusty Pugh
(AgapePress) – A pro-family activist says small towns in America need to take a more proactive stance when it comes to pornography-related businesses…

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Rather Would Rather Have Not Done What He Did

by CE Editors April 10, 2001

Gag Order Lifted; City Worker Free to Share About Jesus Againby Rusty Pugh
(AgapePress) – Political correctness has suffered a setback in Arizona.
A federal judge has ordered the City of Phoenix to remove a gag order placed on a…

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This Passes for Journalism In America

by CE Editors April 9, 2001

by Warren Smith
(AgapePress) – It could almost have been an April Fool’s Day joke, but it wasn’t. It is what passes for journalism in America.
60 Minutes aired a segment that said the Boy Scouts were hurting themselves —…

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How the Networks Covered Newspapers’ Finding More Votes for Bush

by CE Editors April 8, 2001

Back in December, Dan Rather opened the CBS Evening News by asserting that the U.S. Supreme Court, which “some say” was “politically and ideologically motivated,” had “ended Vice President Gore’s contest of the Florida election and, in effect, handed the…

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Earth in the Frying Pan: Time’s Pushy Promotion of Global Warming Fears

by CE Editors April 6, 2001

All of which would be news to Time’s readers, who were told that the case for global warming has already been made: “A decade ago…evidence that the climate was actually getting hotter was still murky,” Lemonick wrote. “Not anymore. As…

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Timidity Cause of “Mainstream” Confusion

by CE Editors April 5, 2001

by Bill Fancher
WASHINGTON, DC (AgapePress) – When ideas are debated in today's political arena, both sides of the issue claim to be representing “mainstream thought.”
Family Research Council Director Ken Conner suggests that in the fight for control of…

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60 Minutes Exec. Producer Makes Interesting Revelations on C-SPAN

by CE Editors April 4, 2001

Discussing on C-SPAN’s Booknotes last Sunday night his new book about his career, 60 Minutes Executive Producer Don Hewitt disclosed he voted for Nixon, Reagan, Clinton and Gore, conceded that he and correspondent Steve Kroft knew Bill and Hillary Clinton…

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Blasphemous Play Stirs Controversy at Florida College

by CE Editors April 3, 2001

by Fred Jackson and Jody Brown
(AgapePress) – Several lawmakers in Florida are threatening to cut off funding to Florida Atlantic University because of a play being staged there this week.
The play, Corpus Christi, seems to cause controversy wherever…

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No Porn! Small Alabama Town Slays Big Video Retailer

by CE Editors April 3, 2001

by Rusty Pugh and Jody Brown
(AgapePress) – In an example of what can happen when determined citizens take a moral stand, concerned city officials and churches in one Alabama town have won a battle against pornography.
Movie Gallery, the…

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