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1 posted on 12/17/2004 9:08:47 AM PST by watchdog_writer
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So if the MSM doesn't openly endorse religion, it is bashing it? We shouldn't hold someone's personal belief as a condemnation of an entire institution. ping for later.


2 posted on 12/17/2004 9:13:03 AM PST by thefactor
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          NBC leads the networks in bashing religion. Only one network, PAX had no negative depictions.

          Supposedly, 90 percent of Americans profess a belief in God, but some of us know the difference between profession and understanding God. It was no surprise to me when a local liberal talk show host said he supported abortion, gay rights, and the absence of prayer, and religious symbols from public places, the kicker is that he professed to be a “Christian Catholic”, but added not a very devout one! Now that statement showed just about as much ignorance about God as his political ignorance.

          So what did the study consider negative? In a Feb. 10 episode of NBC's "Will and Grace" in which sidekick Karen tells lead character Grace, "Let's go buy that historic church and turn it into a gay bar."

          Typical of all liberals, NBC spokeswoman Allison Gollust said the network could not comment on the study because it had not seen it, but she said, "We reject its conclusion."  Never let the true facts get in the way or your ideology. Basically the leftist and atheists know that religious peoples are all deluded and stupid, so any reference to them can not be derogatory, merely descriptive.

          “Mainstream media” will never accept the truth that its audience is 90 percent Christian. "Our programming reflects the diversity of our audience, which averages more than 10 million viewers per night," she said. "It is never our intention to appear — nor do we accept the notion that we are — 'anti-religious.' "  How ridiculous can they get with their denials? I wonder if I could get away with saying that the “kikes” run Hollywood, by saying that I “it was never my intention to appear to be antisemitic?  The problem with liberals is that they just don’t get it and if they do they just deny, deny, deny.  Frank Wright, president of the National Religious Broadcasters, called the negativity "systemic" around Hollywood, adding that "a disinterested observer might conclude there is some kind of anti-faith collusion taking place."  But liberals are not “disinterested observers”. They have the same point of view that the other the other liberals that hey hang out with share. I am convinced that most of them just believe that we all think the way they do.

          Pax is a network that deserves our loyalty and viewership. Pax had the fewest references to religion, but 90.7 of those were positive, the study said.  If in fact 90 percent of viewers are religious, then why is it that the networks can get away with anti-religious programming? The answer is too obvious to state on this blog.  If all Catholics for example were shunning anti-Catholic programming would the study have concluded that: "anti-Catholic bigotry" was "rampant" on network shows.

3 posted on 12/17/2004 9:14:33 AM PST by watchdog_writer (God blessed America for the next FOUR YEARS!)
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Well, a great thing about Christianity is "you are either devout or you're not...and if you aren't devout, you can't fake it."

So, we can't really expect Hollywood or Network TV to be fair to the faithful since they just don't get it.

I, for one, am glad they can't pander to us.

5 posted on 12/17/2004 9:19:38 AM PST by weenie (Islam is as "dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog." -- Churchill)
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Imagine my horror. Sitcoms making jokes. Shocking.

Amazing how this story can tell us without doubt that Pax had 0 negative items about religion in the x number of hours they viewed, but could not be specific about the negative references on the other networks, instead giving us only those 3 anecdotal references.

Whiners. No less so than the election whiners in Ohio.


7 posted on 12/17/2004 9:32:18 AM PST by dmz
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Newepaper regurgitation of PTC press releases on the need for TV Control are as valuable as those based on VPC releases on the need for Gun Control.


8 posted on 12/17/2004 9:53:17 AM PST by Oztrich Boy (Never Apolgise. Never Explain)
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Ping to self.


14 posted on 12/17/2004 2:54:33 PM PST by little jeremiah (The "Gay Agenda" exists only in the minds of little jeremiah and his cohort. - Modern Man)
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