Chick-fil-A, Media Magic and 68 Days That Didn’t Shake the World

matt.philbin — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:37:58 +0000

The left tried to pull a fast on on marriage.

Matt Philbin

It would have been a neat trick if they managed it.

Chick-fil-A, Media Magic and 68 Days That Didn’t Shake the World

matt.philbin — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:38:24 +0000

The left tried to pull a fast one on marriage.

Matt Philbin

It would have been a neat trick if they managed it.

Media Coverage of ‘Fast and Furious’ Scandal Rare and Spurious

matt.philbin — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:11:11 +0000

Dan Gainor

According to The Washington Post, 40 years after Watergate “the future of investigative reporting is at risk.” Former Post Managing Editor Leonard Downie Jr., now a VP with the company, claimed we all need a “widespread recognition of the importance of accountability journalism in our democracy.” But he got so lost patting himself and the paper on the back that he missed one of the big reasons why many stories never get done by the traditional

Media Have Made Traditional Values the Counterculture

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:20:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

When Americans triumphed in the Revolutionary War, it was said that the world had turned upside down.

It has happened all over again 228 years later, except this time it's not the government that's changed, it's the culture. The 1960s ushered in counterculture in a big way. Long hair, psychedelic music, drugs and free love dominated the landscape for young people as many rebelled against traditional values.

CMI Commentary: Hollywood vs. Emilio Estevez

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:53:00 +0000

L. Brent Bozell III

Say the name Emilio Estevez and most people think of the 'Brat Pack,' when he was a star in popular Eighties youth movies like 'The Breakfast Club' and 'St. Elmo's Fire,' or maybe the hockey coach in the 'Mighty Ducks' films. Compared to his brother Charlie Sheen, he's become the quiet, stable brother.

CMI COMMENTARY: Pageants and "Prosti-Tots"

admin — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:26:00 +0000

L. Brent Bozell III

People who love reality television often have a special attraction to 'train wreck' shows. For two years now, the tasteless titans of the cable channel TLC have been exploiting the spectacle of hyper-ambitious stage mothers parading around 'beauty queens' just barely out of diapers in thousand-dollar gowns. The program is titled 'Toddlers & Tiaras.' But now it's even worse: they're dressing up little girls as what radio hosts are calling 'prosti-tots.'

The 'Innocence Snuff Film'

admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:47:00 +0000

L. Brent Bozell III

Actor David Schwimmer, best known as the sad-sack Ross Geller on the hit '90s sitcom 'Friends,' is now bemoaning the sex-saturated Hollywood business atmosphere and its corrosive effects on society, and women in particular. The first question many Hollywood critics should ask: Isn't it curious that Schwimmer would care about this issue - after he earned a million dollars per episode on one of the most sex-obsessed sitcoms of all time?

America to Military: Thank You for Your Sacrifice

admin — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:08:00 +0000

Dan Gainor

To the Men and Women of the United States Military:

It's the July 4th weekend. Many of you are far from home in unpleasant places like Iraq and Afghanistan or off the coast of a hostile nation such as Libya. You are fighting at least three wars, and though bureaucrats don't call it the war on terror anymore, you still fight that as well. Every day poses a risk, whether on the streets of Baghdad or on duty in Fort Hood, Texas.

CMI Commentary: Viacom's Endless Violations

admin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:54:00 +0000

L. Brent Bozell III

It's so ironic that in the very midst of the Anthony Weiner Twitter scandal, television's most shameless channel, MTV, is working overtime to make any notion of sexual restraint obsolete. This year's MTV Movie Awards aerobically established a new low.

Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis are starring in the upcoming summer comedy "Friends with Benefits," yet another movie exploring the "dream life" of casual and very cold sex. As they introduced the award for Best Male Performance, Timberlake and Kunis grabbed each other's private parts on national TV.

Commentary: Exposing the Hollywood 'Clique'

admin — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:25:00 +0000

L. Brent Bozell III

Born blocks from the NBC soundstage in 1984 to parents in the entertainment industry, Ben Shapiro is a natural choice to write a book about Hollywood. For his new book "Primetime Propaganda," Shapiro has studied decades of television content and interviewed a bevy of powerful Hollywood producers to document the degree to which they have created a political and cultural revolution of permissive leftism.