The far right was none-too-pleased when CBS aired the “Victoria’s Secret Lingerie Show” in 2002 and 2003, flooding the network and the FCC with organized outrage. In 2004, the network balked at bringing the show backing, suggesting to many that conservative activists had won. In the broader culture war, it was seen as a victory […]
I can appreciate the fact that Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) is an enthusiastic supporter of the war in Iraq. I can also understand that Allen is going to run for president in 2008 and doesn’t want to say anything now that his rivals might use against him. But if he’s going to praise a debacle, […]
It doesn’t happen often, so when high-profile figures in the mainstream news media express the same frustration with their industry that the rest of us feel, it’s noteworthy. For example, sports broadcaster Bob Costas routinely sits in for Larry King on CNN. But last week, he decided he couldn’t, in good conscience, guest host the […]
When the president expressed his support for public schools teaching intelligent-design creationism alongside real science, the intellectual wing of the Republican Party cringed. Bush’s own science advisor, John Marburger, “evolution is the cornerstone of modern biology” and “intelligent design is not a scientific concept.” For that matter, even the less-than-intellectual wing wasn’t happy with Bush’s […]