Bozell: NBC CEO Robert Wright Is Mr. Wrong
November 19th, 2006 11:45 AM
In his culture column this week, Brent Bozell takes apart a Wall Street Journal op-ed by NBC chieftain Robert Wright, entitled "Federal Censorship Commission," warning that the threat of fines from the FCC has created a “climate of self-censorship,” an unmistakable “chill in the airwaves,” in which “the viewing public is the biggest loser.” In reality, the FCC moves extremely slowly (it's still…
NBC Rewind: How 'SNL' Hardball Satire Mocked Post-Election Democratic
November 9th, 2006 11:43 AM
As the media crow about Democrats taking the reins of power on Capitol Hill, if you need a giggle, it's worth a rewind to the "Saturday Night Live" satire of MSNBC's "Hardball" on the October 28 show -- the same one with the fake Halloween GOP ads with Witchy Hillary and Count Obama. Chris Matthews (played as usual by Darrell Hammond) and Howard Dean (played by Jason Sudeikis) are expressing…
Bozell on Hip-Hop Moms: One Sees Conspiracy, Another Sees Consensus
October 21st, 2006 11:51 AM
Brent Bozell's culture column this week focused on two Washington Post articles from black staff writers who were moms horrified by the current state of hip-hop music and its effect on their children. Lonnae O'Neal Parker wrote broadly in "Why I Gave Up On Hip-Hop," but the other seemed very narrow-minded: Natalie Hopkinson saw it in a different, more racially conspiratorial light. She wrote…
