domesticviolence

Does Hollywood Really Care? 1 Week, 129 Televised Acts of Violence Against Women

mike.ciandella — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:12:37 +0000

Hollywood’s domestic violence lectures fall flat, as primetime is rife with violence against women.

Kristine Marsh

● Hollywood Hypocrisy: Celebrities claim they care about protecting women. Then TV networks assault the American public with hour after hour of violent programming depicting women on the receiving end of 129 violent acts in the very week where they make that claim.

— Kristine Marsh is Staff Writer for MRC Culture at the Media Research Center. Follow Kristine Marsh on Twitter.

Exploiting Domestic Violence

admin — Sat, 28 May 2011 13:42:00 +0000

There simply aren't enough people questioning why pop princess Rihanna has repeatedly put out a string of please-hurt-me songs over the last two years, since she left the violent embrace of pop star Chris Brown.

L. Brent Bozell III

Troops Committing Domestic Violence? Another Useless Anti-Military Report

admin — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:47:00 +0000

The Pentagon as social services agency? "The fatalities examined by The New York Times show a military system that tries and sometimes fails to balance the demands of fighting a war with those of eradicating domestic violence."

Clay Waters

Apparently unchastened by the negative reaction to its first smear of soldiers coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan as "killers," the Times returned Friday withPart 4 of its "War Torn" series, publicized as "A series of articles and multimedia about veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who have committed killings, or been charged with them, after coming home."

Behind Closed Doors

admin — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0000

Kristen Fyfe

It is really difficult to watch a woman get beaten up by her husband. But ABC's Primetime broadcast July 31 brought that very image into homes across America as part of a series called Family Secrets.

Far from being exploitative, the disturbing story of domestic abuse was an intimate look into a pervasive societal problem that doesn't get nearly enough attention.