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Daily Beast: In the Backpage Tradition
The Beast does its share of “normalizing” the sex industry through articles by former porn stars who defend on-camera sex as a career like any other.
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The Hollywood Reporter: Your Go-to Platform for Antireligious Vitriol
Let us try to understand The Hollywood Reporter’s bigotry toward religion in general and the Church of Scientology in particular.
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The Sydney Morning Herald Sinks to New Lows
Australia’s dominant newspaper, The Sydney Morning Herald, is certainly no stranger to journalism. But of late, it has been acting like a distant one.
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The Dirty Little Secrets of the UK Sun
Is it possible for the British tabloid media to sink any further into the quagmire of disreputable reporting where they like to swim?
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Porn, the Pandemic and the Daily Beast
One thing at the top of the Daily Beast’s list of things that they “don’t give that many f***s” about is the current increase in online pornography.
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The Live PD Coverup at A&E
The Austin American-Statesman has reported the indictments by a Texas grand jury against Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody and Jason Nassour.
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The A&E Contradiction: the Two Faces of Rob Sharenow
A&E’s president of programming was the author of novels examining racism and religious hatred. Now he helps lead the network’s lineup of bigoted, racist, violent reality shows.
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A&E: Reality TV, the Death of Decency and the Masked Media
Americans at home and people around the world have watched over the past few months the unsettling and confusing televised images of fiery protests in…
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In Harmony With Conflict at A&E Networks: The Myth of Social Responsibility
A&E producer and host Dan Abrams public profile has been fueled by conflict, building his personal Abrams Media corporate empire with lucrative deals…
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In Harmony With Conflict at A&E Networks: The Abrams Connection
The Austin American-Statesman reported August 13 that a “separate grand jury”—separate from one that will hear evidence about the death of Javier Ambler.
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A&E-Unreality-TV
Blending ‘documentary’ concepts with fiction not only defies reality, it distorts history.
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A&E: Obstructing Justice?
Live PD, the police “reality” show, went dark on A&E Networks in June 2020 following disclosures that the reality-TV series had destroyed film that showed…
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The Media’s Sacred Cows
Don’t take a free cup of coffee, reporters are warned—even as their bosses cover for friendly politicians and rake in cash from those who despoil society.