Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Pat Boone - Are we ignorant, uncaring – or gutless?
He calls it "the campaign to corrupt America's soul"...
At WorldNetDaily.com, Pat Boone discusses media programming:
"The PTC's seventh study of religion on broadcast television looked at one year of programming, over 2,000 hours from September 2005 to August 2006. The following are just part of their alarming findings:
In 2005-2006, there were more negative depictions of religion than positive ones.
At no time during prime time, and on no network, did the positive portrayal of religion even hit the 50 percent mark!
A majority (57.8 percent) of the positive portrayals of religion were to be found on reality programs. By contrast, an overwhelming percentage (95.5 percent) of the negative portrayals of religion came from Hollywood-scripted drama and comedy programs; only 4.5 percent of negative portrayals of religion were found on reality shows. This is a graphic demonstration of how far TV producers and networks are removed from the real attitudes of their audiences. And how avidly they seem committed to changing those attitudes.
And get this! The number of negative portrayals increased steadily with each hour of prime time. They constituted 31.9 percent of all treatments in the 8 p.m. hour, 33.9 percent in the 9 p.m. hour, and 44.4 percent in the 10 o'clock hour.
Devout laity – non-clerical individuals who profess religious faith (like you and me, most likely) – were treated most negatively by entertainment programs. Over half (50.8 percent) of all entertainment television's depictions of laity were negative. Only 26 percent were positive.
Now, add to that shocking data what we all know is happening in rap, hip hop and pop music, and the rampant rush by movie producers to assault all our senses and strip us of any vestige of moral concern – and you get the picture.
I'm not exaggerating; these are the cold facts."
