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YOUTH BEATS UP TEACHER, STUDENTS CHEER, CAPTURE ON CELL PHONE VIDEO

The world has not yet caught back its collective breath from the recent cheerleader beating on YouTube when this shocking new story emerged of a Maryland public school student beating up her teacher while classmates cheered her on and gleefully captured the beating on cell phone! (See Baltimore Sun article below. Photo of Teacher Jolita Berry.) Conducting Talk Show interviews on this topic is Psychologist Dr. Bev Smallwood, who discusses this escalating trend of “viotainment. Said Dr. Smallwood, “I believe that this alarming trend is the natural outgrowth of the desensitization kids have had to violence over the years (violent video games, song lyrics, and movies), coupled with a perverted means of fulfilling the adolescent desires for identity, power, and excitement.... More Details...

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DO JEWS CONTROL THE MONEY AND THE MEDIA?

For centuries, anti-Semites have claimed that the Jewish people are responsible for all the problems in the world, and today, it is often claimed that the Jews control Hollywood, the world banks, and the world governments. Rationally-minded people reject such claims, but according to a recent report published in Vanity Fair, more than half of the world’s most powerful people are Jews. Is there something different about the Jews? Is there something in the Jewish DNA that explains the disproportionate influence Jews continue to have on the world? Dr. Michael Brown, author of What Do Jewish People Think About Jesus and host of the new Jewish-Christian TV series Think It Thru, believes that the Jewish people have a special calling to be world changers. In support of this... More Details...

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CBS FIRES IMUS: WILL LARRY KING BE NEXT?

...Alzheimer’s Spokesman Calls for Apology to 76 Million Baby Boomers... In the wake of the CBS and MSNBC firing Don Imus over his inappropriate remarks, there is now talk that the “King” of talk may owe an apology to the 76 million Baby Boomers entering their Golden Years. Pat Moffett, author of an Alzheimer’s book, is calling for a public apology from Larry King for his insensitive remarks about Alzheimer’s disease. The recent New York Times article by Jacques Steinberg quoted King discussing his own clogged artery procedure. (See article below.) In the interview Mr. King's made some comments about Alzheimer's disease that Moffet contends are completely in bad taste, including the following caricature of King mocking his own much-imitated gravelly baritone voice, saying,... More Details...

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WHEN WILL ADVERTISERS PULL PLUG ON PROGRAMS THAT MAKE IMUS LOOK TAME?

Amex, GM No No Longer Accept Imus! Morality in Media President Robert Peters applauds advertisers, including General Motors and American Express, who quit advertising on the Imus Show but asks, “When will those advertisers pull the plug on other programs that make Don Imus look tame? Companies should also pull ads from music channels that daily pour forth a cultural swill.” Robert Peters, who is conducting Talk Show interviews on this topic, said, “I have only watched MTV once and that was several years ago in preparation for a TV interview about MTV. What shocked me almost as much as the anti-social behavior exhibited in the ‘music videos’ were the mainstream advertisers that made the programming possible.” Peters added, “The outrage directed at Imus is more than... More Details...

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DOES CHARACTER COUNT ANYMORE IN AN IMUS/STERN ERA?

By now most of us have heard of the inappropriate comments Don Imus made about the Rutgers girl’s basketball team that doesn’t even bare repeating. Yes, he gave an apology but is it sincere? This is where character comes into play. If a person with great character makes a slip of the tongue and says something unseemly and gives a quick, sincere apology, society as a whole accepts if and is quick to forgive. But if someone who routinely makes crude, rude and lewd comments gives a quick, forced apology to save his career, it is met with expected, healthy skepticism. So, today’s talk show topic is about character. As Fox News say, “We’ll Report, You’ll Decide.” Here’s the skinning we have on character: Character training programs, both secular and religious, are popping... More Details...

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IMUS COMMENTS SPAWNED BY FCC NEGLECT

In A New York Daily News editorial, “Imus goes off the dial,” the paper warned about “overreacting” to radio shock jock Don Imus’s latest outrage, “else the specter of intervention by federal regulators – who already slap substantial fines on radio people for the mere occasional obscenity – looms large.” Morality In Media President Robert Peters responded, saying, “Last year, TV networks sued the FCC in a New York City federal court arguing in part that the FCC erred by determining that an ‘isolated expletive’ uttered during named prime time TV programs violated the broadcast indecency law. Perhaps I have misunderstood the network arguments, but it would seem they want the right to utter at least one ‘four letter word’ in each program. Of course, what the networks ultimately... More Details...

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FCC: TO CURSE OR NOT TO CURSE and its impact on Children

Sticks and stones can break your bones but words can never hurt me, right? NO, says Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s request for comments concerning four TV indecency determinations that were remanded to the Commission by the federal Court of Appeals in New York City (in a law suit brought by Fox, CBS, ABC and Hearst). During your Talk Show interview with Peters, he gives common sense talking points from the 40 news stories he presented to the FCC that reporting evidence that swearing or cursing has a number of harmful effects on both children and adults. The FCC’s Order response was due November 6, 2006 so this interview is quite timely. His full statement is available at www.moralityinmedia.org (Radio/TV... More Details...

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KIDS ARE CLICKS AWAY FROM PORN AT MYSPACE.COM

In an article, Lt. Rodgers described the pornography problems he has observed on MySpace.com while investigating complaints submitted to www.ObscenityCrimes.org. In 2002, Morality in Media (MIM) launched the www.ObscenityCrimes.org website to provide citizens with a means online to report violations of federal Internet obscenity laws. MIM forwards these complaints to the Justice Department’s Child Exploitation & Obscenity Section in Washington, D.C. and to U.S. Attorneys in each district where a report originated. To date, more than 60,000 reports from citizens in all 50 states have been submitted. In 2002, MIM also retained the services of two retired law enforcement agents (both recognized experts in investigating pornography cases) to follow up on complaints submitted... More Details...

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