Violence - especially grotesque, gory or bloody
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It's very easy to be outraged by the way our "objective" media greeted the massive Sept. 12 rally against Big Government in Washington and across the country. They treated it as a menacing surge of white anger, meanness and racism. But all the media bias against this rally clearly illust…
Sep 18, 2009 | 5:30 pm | Loading…
I was stunned to read on Life Site News that a new movie is being planned about Our Lady of Guadalupe, so-named for an appearance of the Virgin Mary near Mexico City in 1531 that's credited with converting 9 million indigenous Mexicans to Christianity. The film, still untitled, will be pr…
Sep 07, 2009 | 7:20 pm | Loading…
There have been a couple of constants where Iraq war cinematography is concerned. One, movie makers ignore the public appetite for movies supporting the anti-terror war message in favor of drab, depressing, preachy antiwar politicking featuring marquee names and little else. Two, those mo…
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MTV specializes in the kind of "reality show" that would have you believe all young Americans are spoiled, profane, and crazed about alcohol and sex. From its raunchy spring-break coverage to its "Real World" and "Tila Tequila" reality shows, MTV is constantly sending a message to young p…
Aug 03, 2009 | 10:45 pm | Loading…
The surrealism of celebrity pop culture erupts when a major celebrity dies. The sudden, mysterious death of Michael Jackson caused a near-total eclipse of the real news.
Jul 02, 2009 | 10:30 pm | Loading…
MTV really knows how to stage the stunts that generate big publicity for their major events. In 2004, MTV produced the CBS Super Bowl halftime show where Justin Timberlake exposed Janet Jackson’s breast. In the fall of 2003, Britney Spears kissed Madonna suggestively at their Video Musi…
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On Memorial Day, it would have been nice if the top-rated show was PBS’s concert paying patriotic tribute to our brave fighting men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Instead, this Memorial Day had a different, much less laudable spectacle top the ratings.
May 29, 2009 | 9:45 pm | Loading…
When the late Playboy centerfold and tabloid-media celebrity Anna Nicole Smith graced the white marble steps of the Supreme Court in 2006, the network news operations couldn’t get enough of the story. But when a Supreme Court decision affects the networks directly, and adversely, there…
May 08, 2009 | 8:30 pm | Loading…
When the conglomerates behind the viciously anti-Catholic book “The DaVinci Code” were looking for a director, Newsweek reported Ron Howard had a secret weapon: his aw-shucks child-star Opie Taylor likeability. “Ron is not a polarizer,” said one. “We all knew the book was quite …
May 01, 2009 | 7:05 pm | Loading…
Nobody tunes into a beauty pageant and expects a public-policy discussion that could be mistaken for C-SPAN. The long-standing perception about the question-and-answer section at the end is that the aspiring beauty queens will uniformly voice their strong support for world peace, an end t…
Apr 25, 2009 | 8:50 pm | Loading…
Ever since he left real radio in favor of the satellite kind, Howard Stern and his faded Dirty Old Man strip-club radio act have been invisible. But now, some people are apparently trying to match him on the struggling Sirius/XM radio system. Actor Jamie Foxx has a weekend show called “…
Apr 21, 2009 | 3:50 pm | Loading…
Imagine being Laura Bush and turning on the television and watching the absolute deluge of sticky-sweet syrup being poured all over Michelle Obama during her European debut as first lady. It is as if every TV reporter was handed a pamphlet of talking points and ordered to compare Michelle…
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