Posted on 05/02/2002 12:53:14 PM PDT by areafiftyone
Fox Broadcastings plan to air a racy special on Playboy magazine's notorious centerfold is drawing fire from conservative groups.
The network is due to air a two hour show, "The Girl Next Door: The Search for a Playboy Centerfold," at 8 p.m. on May 10 and organizations such as Concerned Women For America (CWA) want Fox to reconsider showing the program.
"It's men victimizing women for the sake of money and ratings," Jan LaRue, chief counsel of Concerned Women for America told the Associated Press (AP) which cited CWA as one of seven groups, including the Christian Coalition and Focus on the Family, that wrote a letter of protest to Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox's parent News Corp.
LaRue told AP she was concerned the special would encourage men to treat women as sex objects and sends a dangerous message to girls.
"It communicates to 12- and 13-year-old girls that this is what you have to do to be attractive to men," she said. "It dehumanizes, it objectifies and it is a gateway to hard-core pornography."
A Fox spokesman, Scott Grogin, brushed off the complaints, telling AP yesterday: "We respect all of our viewers' rights to their opinions. If this is a show they don't like or feel is appropriate, please don't watch."
The planned show will feature a dozen women who are flown to Los Angeles in hopes of becoming one of the magazine's celebrated centerfold models. They're housed at Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's infamous Playboy Mansion, and are filmed while "sunbathing by the pool (and) primping for photo shoots." After being given Hollywood shopping sprees and evenings out at restaurants and clubs, one of them is chosen by Hefner to be featured in a centerfold shoot wearing little or nothing.
The AP described the show as a cross between ABC's popular "The Bachelor" series and its Victoria's Secret fashion show aired last November which sparked a Federal Communications Commission investigation that found that it didn't violate broadcast standards for decency.
Fox has drawn fire from some of the same groups protesting the Playboy show who filed complaints with the FCC last month about Fox's "Boston Public," show, charging that the classroom drama is loaded with sexual topics, particularly for a program airing it what used to be known as television's family hour, the AP reported.
Fox defended "Boston Public" and series creator David E. Kelley, saying "we're proud to have it on our air.
Catholic FYI:
In 1998 Cardinal Mahoney awarded Rupert Murdoch (a non-Catholic) the title of " Knight of the Order of St. Gregory." The pope bestows the title "Knight of the Order of St. Gregory" in order "to acknowledge an individual's particular meritorious service to the Church," based on the recommendation of the local bishop.
In this case, the "meritorius service" consisted of donating $10 million to Cardinal Mahoney's hideous new cathedral which will also include a crypt for Rupert Murdoch.
By opposing opposition to shows like this you are deciding "whether it's moral or not."
It sometimes launches million dollar careers and if not it pays them a many year salary. Doesn't sound like victimization when they CHOOSE to do this.
Isaiah 5:20Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
A word to the wise.
It's too bad that many Christians don't read or follow God's Word. Thanks for the post!
It's like the new Seven-Up commercial were everyone of diameterically opposed ideologies is holding hands and singing, and then they break out into a big fight.
:-)
Nope, but if we could go just a little while without social conservatives displaying their willingness to stick collective noses into other people's business we might have a better chance at winning.
Likewise, when I am forced to pay for abortions when my conscience tells me it is the act of murdering a child --- I feel that is my business too. And frankly, since when is protecting life not everyone's business?
No formal prayer in school? fine. But stop persecuting Christian kids in school. it does happen. It happened to me.
Etc... I personally feel like it is the social liberals messing up MY freedom, not the other way around.
I don't mean any of this in a harsh tone, but with the cap stuff it might read that way. I am just telling you my perspective.
Homer looks at Bart and they both start laughing hysterically. How Appropriate!
If you want to be a fuddy-duddy, fine. But last time I checked, freedom existed here, meaning people are free to make their own mistakes. But Brent Bozell is a real jerk sometimes. Bozell does the Lord's work on media bias, but he sure comes across as a Puritan at times.
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