Study: TV Twice As Godless As Last Year
Good news, heathens/Satanists/church-burning Nordic black metal bands: according to a study by nutbag finger-waggers show business watchdog group the Parents Television Council, the idiot box is twice the incubator of prime-time Godlessness that it was a year ago. And in perhaps the least surprising finding in the history of crackpot research projects, Fox is leading the charge against the faithful. Reports the LAT:
A study released Thursday by the Parents Television Council, a frequent critic of the TV industry over such issues as broadcast indecency, found that prime-time shows in the last year dealt with religion half as much as the year before. When they did, the Los Angeles-based group said, religion was cast in negative light more than one-third of the time.
The council said all faiths were included in their survey and that negligent and negative treatment of people of faith was out of touch with the strong religious beliefs of most Americans. [...]
The study was the council's seventh annual report on the subject. This year, the group pointed an angry finger at the Fox network, specifically such shows as "The Family Guy" and "House," that it said consistently mocked religion and people of faith. A Fox spokesman declined to comment.
One example cited in "House" involved lead character Dr. Gregory House, played by Hugh Laurie, telling a religious patient that he was either psychotic or a scam artist for believing that he talked with God.
While the PTC generally praises reality television as a place where one can actually slip a genuine expression of religious views past faith-suppressing network censors, they're really not going to be pleased with Fox's attempt to ruin even the unscripted space for God-fearing viewers, Who Wants To Dress Up Like Jesus And Steal Some Christian Babies? Hosted, of course, by the talking devil-child from the hateful Family Guy.
