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Why Jon Stewart and Greg Gutfeld are funny and Bill Maher and Tracy Morgan aren’t
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John W. Kennedy
Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. HBO renews crappy show. From Hollywood Reporter: HBO kicked off Wednesday’s Television Critics Association Tour session by announcing it has picked up Bill Maher’s show, Real Time With Bill Maher, for a 10th season. 2. Maher mocks Beck’s Israel speech. From The…
Faith-based films to be previewed at Catholic Media Convention
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John W. Kennedy
Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. 2011 Catholic Media Convention convenes tomorrow in Pittsburgh. This year the annual gathering of Catholic media professionals note the 100th anniversary of The Catholic Press Association (one of the event’s organizers).View event website. Also featured, previews of three upcoming faith-based films. Details…
NBC affiliate says no to Playboy Club; Tracy Morgan comes out in favor of gay marriage
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John W. Kennedy
Here are today’s Top 10 dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. NBC affiliate says no to Playboy Club. From The Wrap: KSL-TV, NBC’s Salt Lake City affiliate, says it will not air the fall drama “The Playboy Club.” The station said the decision was based on a policy of not airing…
From Rep. Anthony Weiner to “Foreskin Man,” a sordid day in news
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John W. Kennedy
Here’s today’s Faith, Media & Culture Hot List. And, I must say, it is a bit disturbing how many items involve organs, and not the musical kind. 1. A-Twitter over Weiner. From The Wrap: An errant Twit-pic of his bulging underwear landed Rep. Anthony Weiner in a doozy of a political scandal. Thus when the…
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