Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

Catholics Media and Culture

Publisher removes “N” word from Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. “Injun” is also getting the axe as political correctness rewrites classic literature that, in the context of its time, can actually be seen as a remarkable statement against racism. Don’t get me wrong. I hate the “N” word and am not too fond of “injun” either…

A federal appeals court throws out FCC’s $1.4 million indecency fine again NYPD Blue. The court rules that showing Charlotte Ross’ tush in a 2003 episode gets a pass because the FCC’s enforcement of its indecency rules is “unconstitutionally vague and chilling.”  The Parents Television Council, predictably, labels the ruling to be “as devoid of…

Oprah Winfrey, having just launched her OWN TV network, is dissing the state of modern television. In an interview with her O Magazine she decried the lack of programming that does anything to nourish the mind or lift the spirit, giving voice to what a lot of us feel. TV just doesn’t make us feel…

To hear some of the media tell it, The Bible would seem to be nothing more than a collection bigotries and superstitions to be shed and overcome by a civilized society rather than a book of eternal wisdom for the ages. It’s true that individual quotes can be plucked out of The Good Book, by…

Here’s Perry Como, my favorite old-time singer, singing O Holy Night, my all-time favorite Christmas song.  Merry Christmas everyone and a very Happy New Year!

It’s not just conservatives sensing an elite war on the the words “Christmas” and “Christian.” As part of a panel discussion on local Washington D.C. program Inside Washington, NPR’s liberal Nina Totenberg apologized for using the apparently-controversial phrase “Christmas party” while recounting a discussion she had with a government officials about the budget. One can…

Following up on yesterday’s blog reporting on the verbal exchanges involving Bill O’Reilly, Stephen Colbert and Bernie Goldberg involving the question of whether Jesus would side with liberals or conservatives on questions involving taxes and government spending, here are some of my thoughts and comments. 1. The debate actually began when U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott…

It started when U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) said on a cable news program  “This is Christmas time. We talk about good Samaritans, the poor, the little baby Jesus in the cradle and all this stuff. And then we say to the unemployed we won’t give you a check to feed your family. That’s simply…

Some media items of note. Sailing along. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Walden Media’s third release based on C.S. Lewis‘ Christian-themed fantasy saga The Chronicles of Narnia, fell to third place in the domestic box office results this weekend, after opening in the top spot last week. The film brought in $12,400,000 bringing its…

The Parents Television Council is out with a report detailing what it says is a pattern of prime-time network TV shows fairly routinely airing content that sexualizes young girls, specifically between the ages of 12 and 17. According to PTC President Tim Winter, the report, entitled Tinseltown’s New Target: A Study of Teen Female Sexualization…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners