A Free Press?

By: American Decency Staff

" …. should we realistically expect the news arms of Time Warner and News Corporation to provide full and fair news coverage of organizations that work for enforcement of federal obscenity laws, when both companies peddle hardcore pornography on their cable and satellite TV systems? …" Robert Peters, President of Morality in MediaPersonal note: As you may recall, I joined with others on Monday for a prayer breakfast/conference and demonstration outside the Justice Department. For pictures of the demonstration at the Justice Department: https://americandecency.org/main.php?f=updates_new/2008/May/05.21a.08 I will be saying more about this, but one thing that was very clear was the following: There was a gross lack of news coverage. Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media, states it this way in a Morality in Media press release: “… Somehow, I find it extremely difficult to believe that were the American people to elect Barak Obama as their next President, and were Mr. Obama to shock his very ‘liberal’ supporters by ordering the Justice Department to vigorously enforce federal obscenity laws, and were the ACLU, People for the American Way and other prominent ‘liberal’ organizations to then organize a conference at the National Press Club to protest this crackdown, followed by a demonstration (protest) at the Justice Department, that our nation’s secular news media would totally ignore these events. “But when prominent pro-decency and pro-family organizations that expected great things from President Bush in the war against obscenity gather together at the National Press Club to protest the failure of the Justice Department to vigorously enforce federal obscenity laws, followed by a demonstration at the Department, the secular media ignore these events. How can this be?? “Coincidentally, one of the organizers of the May 19 Conference was Brad Curl, founder of Athletes and Business for Kids and author of a just published book, ‘No Free Press.’ The primary point of Mr. Curl’s book is that increasingly our nation’s secular news media are controlled by a very small number of corporations (e.g., AOL/Time Warner, News Corporation, Viacom, Disney, Hearst, General Electric/NBC, and Gannett) and that this secular news media cannot be trusted to fully and fairly cover news which conflicts with the financial interests or ideological views of the parent corporations. “For example, should we realistically expect the news arms of Time Warner and News Corporation to provide full and fair news coverage of organizations that work for enforcement of federal obscenity laws, when both companies peddle hardcore pornography on their cable and satellite TV systems? “With all the evidence that the explosion of obscenity is, among other things, corrupting children, destroying marriages, costing people their jobs, and contributing to sexual abuse of children and to trafficking in women and children, it is extremely difficult to understand how the secular news media could consider efforts to promote vigorous enforcement of federal obscenity laws a ‘non-issue.’ “The press release announcing the event also noted that the leading Presidential candidates had been asked to make their views about vigorous enforcement of obscenity laws known. One would think the secular press would be interested in knowing which of the three had responded and how. “To book an interview with the author of ‘No Free Press,’ or for information about how to purchase the book, contact bradcurl@aol.com.â€Â ================== For pictures of the demonstration at the Justice Department: https://americandecency.org/main.php?f=updates_new/2008/May/05.21a.08 ===================================== Thank you for helping us stay in the battle for Truth and decency. https://americandecency.org/folder.php?f=donate Bill Johnson, president ———- American Decency Association Bill Johnson, President P.O. Box 202 Fremont, MI 49412 ph:231-924-4050 fax:231-924-1966 www.americandecency.org

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