Bozell Column: Madison Avenue's Moral Madness

December 1st, 2012 8:00 AM
Angus T. Jones told the truth. In a religious video posted on YouTube, the former child actor who’s the “half” man of the CBS sitcom “Two and a Half Men” shocked the celebrity press by saying “I don’t want to be on it. Please stop watching it. Please stop filling your head with filth.” Calling this show “filth” is like calling your Christmas tree an evergreen. Yet about 14 million Americans…

CBS Ignores Two and a Half Men Actor's 'Filth' Controversy Until After

November 29th, 2012 5:32 PM
CBS's morning and evening newscasts conspicuously glossed over reporting on actor Angus T. Jones calling his own show, Two and Half Men - which airs on the network - "filth." By contrast, ABC's Good Morning America covered the remark on Tuesday, and NBC's Today show aired a news brief on the story on Wednesday. Correspondent Teresa Garcia did file a report on the controversy on Wednesday,…

Citing Charlie Sheen as Recent Precedent, Media Continues to Mock Angu

November 29th, 2012 11:06 AM
You may recall when CBS fired Charlie Sheen early last year from the popular Two and a Half Men series for a string of "felony offenses involving moral turpitude." In the weeks and months that preceded this decision, an increasingly erratic Sheen received an inordinate amount of media attention for his drug-induced rants. To this day however, Sheen's bad boy persona is received warmly by the…