Topic - Culture And Media Institute

• 'DWTS' producer: Give Chaz Bono a chance to dance

  ""Dancing With the Stars" executive producer Conrad Green says despite controversy over the casting of its first transgender contestant, "Dancing" remains a family show and viewers should check out the new season before passing judgment.

• HICKS: Only in California? Don't bet on it

  I recently heard the first radio ad of the season for school supplies, so it won't be long before the bell rings and America's children file back into the classroom for another year.

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  Inside the Beltway

  No. It's not an illusion. Broadcasters "worship Earth Day and attack Easter," according to an analysis of coverage released Wednesday by the Culture and Media Institute.

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  Inside the Beltway

  "Believe in America." And with that phrase and a modest video, Mitt Romney launched his 2012 presidential on Monday, joining Tim Pawlenty and Herman Cain, who have also declared their White House intent.

• Inside the Beltway

  Broadcasters are a righteously secular bunch, in a very big way.

• Inside the Beltway

  Lost in the tumult of WikiLeaks press coverage is Daniel Assange, 20, the estranged son of jailed founder Julian Assange.

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  Inside the Beltway

  Uh-oh. Vanity Fair has unleashed a sophomoric salvo with a last-minute, midterm election edition of Republican bashing -- the "Official Republican Beefcake Calendar," featuring questionable, faked images of Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele, Fox News host Glenn Beck and nine more.

• Inside the Beltway

  The big rally is done, and Glenn Beck is manning the Fox News microphones and testing the reach of theblaze.com, his new website.

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  KNIGHT: The evil spawn of Vilecom

  Truth in advertising is good. That's why it's time for Viacom, the communications giant chaired by Sumner Redstone, to change its name to Vilecom.

• TV-borne character virus

  Couch potatoes, beware — someday you might be saying "the TV made me do it."

• Diminished values tied to media diet

  The combined influence of Hollywood and the mainstream news media erodes traditional American values and respect for religion — and it may diminish our character and sense of responsibility as well, according to a report released yesterday by the Culture and Media Institute.

• TV-borne character virus

  Couch potatoes, beware — someday you might be saying "the TV made me do it."

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