In a new twist on the old saw that the best defense is a good offense, ABC and NBC are now bragging that in some of their shows, they seek to offend everyone equally. The league complained to ABC about two editions of “Politically Incorrect” that aired back-to-back on October 8 and 9. The October 8 show featured actor Ed Begley, Jr. discussing... [Read more...]
“ALLY McBEAL” OFFENDS; FOX WILL END ATTACKS
The November 2 episode of the Fox TV show, “Ally McBeal,” featured a nun who sued the Church because she was dismissed for breaking her vow of celibacy. Throughout the show, repeated attacks were made on Catholic sacraments, teachings and practices. Here is a sample of the lines that were voiced. Ally: “Nuns are not supposed to have... [Read more...]
ANTI-CATHOLIC BIAS AT THE NEW YORK TIMES
In the November 2 edition of the New York Times, there were several articles about the November 3 elections. The articles were grouped according to “The Senate,” “The Polls,” “The Campaign” and “The Churches.” With regard to the last article, coverage was given to John Cardinal O’Connor’s homily the... [Read more...]
DISNEY PUTS THE ARM ON ABC
Disney owns the ABC network and, of course, it claims never to interfere with programming decisions that might compromise the profession of broadcasting. To those who buy the party line, well, think again. Regnery has published a great new book by Peter and Rochelle Schweizer called,Disney: The Mouse Betrayed. The book details how the once family-friendly... [Read more...]
FCC CONTACTED OVER “HISTERIA!”
It was bad enough that the show was classic Catholic-baiting. What made it worse was that it was an animated-history lesson for kids done to fulfill FCC requirements. We are speaking of an edition of the Warner Bros. show “Histeria!” that ran nationwide on October 31 and November 1. In the show that we addressed, there was a portrayal of... [Read more...]
“FORMER ALTAR BOY” RETURNS
They never learn. Either that, or they don’t want to learn. A teenager and his girl friend are charged with murder and he is identified as “a former altar boy.” That was the spin that the Associated Press, the Bergen Record and the New York Post put on the story about Christopher Vasquez. Vasquez is being tried for killing his drinking... [Read more...]
GO SEE “THE PRINCE OF EGYPT”
In 1997, Jeffrey Katzenberg of DreamWorks asked me to come to Los Angeles to preview a movie that was still in its early stages. What I witnessed was an animated version of the Biblical story of Moses called, “The Prince of Egypt.” It left a great impression on me. In March of this year, I was asked back, this time to see the film in its... [Read more...]
HE WHO LAUGHS FIRST, LAUGHS LAST
The school staff thought it was cute. The local newspaper thought it was cute. The Catholic League didn’t, and that is why we brought the issue to the attention of the authorities. The Halloween celebrations at Tillamook High School in Tillamook, Oregon, took a different turn this year. On November 4, in the pages of the Headlight-Herald, was a picture... [Read more...]
HORMEL SENT PACKING
James C. Hormel, heir to the Hormel meat-packing fortune, will not be the next U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg. The Senate’s Republican leadership saw to that in October when they let Hormel’s nomination die. The Catholic League did not object to Hormel’s nomination because he is a homosexual, but we did object on grounds that he previously offered... [Read more...]
IGNOBLE PRIZE
Last year, the Nobel Prize committee gave its literary award to an Italian anti-Catholic bigot, Dario Fo. This year the committee showed its passion for diversity by bestowing the award on a Portuguese anti-Catholic bigot, Jose Saramago. Maybe next year they’ll find a Greek or Spaniard who hates Catholicism. Father Richard John Neuhaus said it nicely... [Read more...]