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Some in Media Say 'No' to Promoting Hook Ups

4/21/2010 12:00 AM ET
Despite the sexual messages that permeate pop culture, some young women found that hooking up isn't all that great.

Maddow Worries McVeigh's 'Voice from the Grave' Echoes, as She Plays His Old Interviews

4/20/2010 12:00 AM ET
MSNBC host explains her two-hour special is a 'riveting reminder' despite 'new rising tide of American anti-government extremism.'

WaPo Fawns Over Lawyer 'Taking Bites Out of [Catholic Church's] A**'

4/19/2010 12:00 AM ET
WaPo quotes lawyer attacking Catholic Church nine times, his opponents only given one partial quote.

Light Reaction to Second Gay Episcopalian Bishop Cheers Newsweek's Lisa Miller

4/16/2010 12:00 AM ET
Magazine's religion editor embraces 'Americans' disinterest' in bishop's sexuality.

HuffPo Columnist Calls for Pope's Arrest

4/15/2010 12:00 AM ET
Derek Beres not only calls for Pope Benedict to be arrested, but compares him to Roman Polanski.

Lady Gaga: 'It's OK not to have sex'

4/14/2010 12:00 AM ET
Pop singer declares that she is celibate, but her lyrics are full of sexual references.

WaPo Columnist Celebrates Pro-life Pharmacy's Closure

4/14/2010 12:00 AM ET
Dvorak: Maybe 'Northern Virginia Catholics Aren't as Pro-life the Rest of the Week.'

Daily Beast Writer Finds Inclusion of Abortion in New Film 'Encouraging'

4/14/2010 12:00 AM ET
Stephen Farber quotes Hollywood writers who pine for the good old days of movie abortions.

NBC Becomes New Gay Advocate

4/14/2010 12:00 AM ET
Partnership with gay magazine raises questions about coverage.

Media: Confederate History Month Proof of Conservative Racism

4/14/2010 12:00 AM ET
MSNBC and CNN fan accusatory flames

Less than 20 Percent of Young Consider Oral Sex Sex; CBS Asks 'Why the Concern?'

4/13/2010 12:00 AM ET
Researchers blame 'Clinton-Lewinsky Effect' and abstinence education for mainstreaming of sex act.

'Entertainment Tonight' Feebly Attempts to Stir up More Palin Controversy

4/9/2010 12:00 AM ET
Samantha Harris interviews Levi Johnston about Bristol Palin's new Candie's Foundation advertisement.

HuffPo Columnist Asks if Pope Can Be Fired

4/8/2010 12:00 AM ET
Without proof of guilt, Andy Ostroy joins in with media in blasting the Catholic Church and Pope Benedict.

Homosexual Activist Group Calls Out CNN for 'Unacceptable' Segment on Gay Issues

4/8/2010 12:00 AM ET
GLAAD apparently forgot about other times that the news network allowed its bias to shine through reports.

Times Headline Defines Patriotism As Forking It Over to the I.R.S.

4/7/2010 8:46 AM ET
A retired federal employee reports a flaw in a tax-prep program that could have saved him money, and the Times honors him as a true patriot: Taxpayer Could Have Kept the $600, but He Put His ...

Newsweek Calls the Catholic Church an 'All-Male Club … Keeping Modernity at Bay'

4/7/2010 12:00 AM ET
Lisa Miller's latest Catholic-hating article calls the Church 'ingrown' and 'out of touch with people.'

Media: Pope Benedict Guilty Until Proven Innocent

4/7/2010 12:00 AM ET
In Holy Week reports, broadcast networks ignore evidence in his defense

McLaren Blasts Evangelicals; Wonders Why They Dislike Him

4/5/2010 12:00 AM ET
Huffington Post columnist Brian D. McLaren compares Evangelical Christians to Milgram experiment.

Media's Go-To Christian Voice a Liberal

4/5/2010 12:00 AM ET
Huffington Post author doesn't hide his liberal view points as he promotes 'social justice.'

On NBC, Boy Scout Scandal Merits Story, But Club's 100th Anniversary Didn't

4/1/2010 12:00 AM ET
The network aired a story about bubble wrap instead of covering Boy Scouts centennial, but find more than two minutes time for scouting sex scandal.

The Religion Blog That Hates Religion

3/30/2010 12:00 AM ET
Huffington Post's new effort lists 'crusader-jihadist mentality,' 'rejection of science' as 'dangerous side-effects' of faith.

NYTimes: Post-Abortion Forum's Ad Campaign 'Propaganda Masquerading as Therapy'

3/29/2010 12:00 AM ET
Reporter attacks 'Abortion Changes You' Web site because of its connection to the Roman Catholic Church.

NY Times Columnist Calls for Priests to Marry, Choosing Female Pope

3/29/2010 12:00 AM ET
Maureen Dowd joins media's appeal for liberal reforms in the Catholic Church.

WaPo Continues Drum Beat for Gay Rights

3/25/2010 12:00 AM ET
Newspaper devotes another 191 inches of column space to homosexual advocacy.

Huffington Post Blogger Attacks Biblical View of Sex

3/25/2010 12:00 AM ET
Rob Asghar uses Bristol Palin to argue for premarital sex, mocks Christian beliefs regarding abstinence.

A Tale of Two F-Bombs: WaPo, MSNBC, CNN Bothered By Cheney, Not Biden

3/24/2010 12:00 AM ET
Media outlets applied two different standards to vice presidents' slips – Cheney's viewed as a breach of decorum and Biden's as 'excited profanity.'

Stoned in Iran, Snubbed in Hollywood: How PC Buried 'Soraya M.'

3/23/2010 12:00 AM ET
A powerful film runs afoul of the entertainment industry's multiculturalism, and pays a price at awards time.