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I'm also a usually quiet, reserved Lady, who enjoys books, tea, baking, and movies! I spend most of my time reading one of my favorite books or wishing I was reading my favorite books. My Grand Passion is history, particularly the Regency Period in England, when Jane Austen wrote, Lord Nelson defeated the French Fleet at Trafalgar, the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon, and men were Gentlemen and women Ladies. I cherish the thought of being a Lady and love manners, being proper, and having proper tea. My favorite tea is Twinings, especially Earl Grey or Prince of Wales. My specialty to make is Scones with Devon Cream. I am a Catholic and a Conservative.


Wednesday, May 24, 2006

"The Trashing of the Christ"

The Media Research Center has put out an interesting analysis of the MSM's treatment of the Da Vinci Code movie and Mel Gibson's the Passion of the Christ.

Here is the press release:


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NBC, ABC, CBS PROMOTE ‘DA VINCI CODE’ BUT TRASHED ‘THE PASSION’

Alexandria, VA—The Media Research Center will release this afternoon a new study, The Trashing of the Christ, which documents the contrasting coverage the networks – ABC, CBS, and NBC – have provided The Da Vinci Code movie and that given to The Passion of the Christ movie. The contrast is stark: hostility to The Passion and gleeful promotion of The Da Vinci Code. Some of the study’s findings include:

    • The networks gave The Da Vinci Code more of a publicity push than The Passion and any other recently released movie.
    • The Passion was treated as a social problem – the biggest TV anti-Semitism story of that year – while The Da Vinci Code was presented often as an “intriguing” theory rather than threatening or offensive to Christians.
    • In their push to promote The Da Vinci Code, the networks routinely failed to address how the book most offended Christian sensitivities: that Christianity itself is a lie.
    • While Mel Gibson was attacked for his religious beliefs, Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown and filmmakers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer were never personally examined or challenged about their personal religious beliefs, their willingness to milk controversy, play fast and loose with facts, and offend Christians for personal gain.
“The networks did nearly everything they could to trash The Passion and its traditional portrayal of Christ and the crucifixion,” said MRC President Brent Bozell. “The same networks, however, have bent over backwards to promote and applaud the viciously anti-Christian bigotry presented in the Da Vinci Code book and movie. When it comes to trashing Christ and Christians, the networks are all for it.”
You can read the analysis here (PDF here).

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