{"id":1182,"date":"2011-11-04T14:31:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T18:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2011-11-04T14:36:33","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T18:36:33","slug":"uptight-upset-about-whats-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/11\/uptight-upset-about-whats-on-tv.html","title":{"rendered":"Uptight, Upset About What’s On TV"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ozzy Osbourne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An old family friend wrote in the other day “man, you are tight, lol”.<\/p>\n

He was referring to my recent feature on ESPN<\/em> analyst Bobby Valentine<\/strong> in which I knocked the former Mets manager for using the expression “baseball gods”, as in “the baseball gods will decide if Albert Pujols<\/strong> returns to St. Louis.”<\/p>\n

To be fair, Valentine is FAR from the only person to use the expression “gods of this” or “gods of that” but it doesn’t make it right and it never will.<\/p>\n

This family friend is right too, I am uptight … about what I have seen and heard about what’s on TV these days.\u00a0 For instance:<\/p>\n

A reference to the Bible reference of the Magi (three kings from the East who travel to worship Christ) mangled to refer to a female body part on Modern Family<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The parents on The Middle<\/em> lying to a football recruiter in saying their son was busy reading the Bible when he wasn’t working on his academics or playing football.<\/p>\n

A poster reading “Pray Now” for the PN part of ESPN telling one football team to pray in order to have a chance to beat the other team. (Sorry, but that’s NOT what prayer is for).<\/p>\n

An entire family singing an Ozzy Osbourne<\/strong> song to promote an auto in a car ad. The same Ozzy who has albums entitled The Prince of Darkness, Diary of a Madman<\/em> and Speak of the Devil.<\/em><\/p>\n

So yes, forgive me if I am more than a little uptight about what’s on television these days.<\/p>\n

Frightened for our future might be an even better description of how I feel, however.<\/p>\n

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