The following 'Current News & Issues' news articles are the latest additions to our site: |
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
GoDaddy.com provides viewers with two very good reasons to ‘tune out’ its 2010 Super Bowl commercials - News Release from Morality In Media, Inc. |
| Internet Obscenity |
Harm to Children from Online Exposure to Hardcore Adult Pornography - News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
Justice Department to be commended for prosecuting not just pimps but also the customers of child prostitutes, but it still isn’t attacking the alarming market for child sex ‘on all fronts’ - News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
On the ‘Religious Right,’ We Too Have a ‘Blind Side’ - News Release from Morality In Media, Inc. |
| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
Overall, about two thirds of U.S. adults disagree both that viewing hardcore adult pornography on the Internet is ‘morally acceptable’ and that such viewing ‘provides, generally, harmless entertainment’
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc. |
| Obscenity and Related Laws |
MIM report shows how the explosion of hardcore adult pornography on the Internet and elsewhere is contributing to the sexual exploitation of children
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
Hopefully, New NEA Grants For Morally Offensive ‘Art’ Are An Aberration, Not A Return To By-Gone Days of NEA Profligacy
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
Parents Who Would Prefer Their Daughters Not Seek Careers In The Hardcore Pornography Business Should Ensure They Aren’t Watching CNBC’s Family Hour Special, ‘Porn: Business of Pleasure’
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
If The Whole Truth Were To Be Told, This Evening’s CNBC Family Hour Special, ‘Porn: Business of Pleasure,’ Would Rather Be Entitled: ‘Adult Porn: Sordid Business of Exploitation, Misery and Crime’
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
MIM President Bob Peters:
Evidence shows “adult” pornographers’ pro-child pose is a diversion
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
President Obama’s choice for Deputy Attorney General would likely weaken Justice Department efforts to curb sexual trafficking and sexual exploitation of children and calls into question whether the new President will in fact “stand up for policies that value families” - News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Radio/TV Indecency |
Rejected PETA SuperBowl AD, January 2009 - Letter from Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
Letter to call upon the American Association of Retired People (AARP) to stop promoting bettersex.com products - News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
Rather than providing a $5 billion ‘bailout’ for U.S. pornographers, Washington should insist that the U.S. Justice Department enforce Federal obscenity laws, says MIM president Bob Peters - News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
China to be commended for cracking down on pornography, but not for cracking down on political speech, says MIM president Bob Peters - News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
Morality in Media calls upon the Family Online Safety Institute to stop providing visitors to its website with direct links to websites that traffic in hardcore pornography and to stop providing these pornographers with special recognition and benefits for using the ICRA labeling system - News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
Morality In Media President Asks, “Wouldn’t It Be Nice If The News Media Got As Worked Up About Depictions Of Deadly Violence Against Humans As A Form Of Entertainment, As They Are About Turkeys Being Slaughtered At A Sarah Palin Press Conference?” - News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
Letter to President-elect Obama Re:Enforcement of Federal Obscenity Laws - Letter from Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
WRAP 2008 Campaign: Joint Letter to the Presidential Candidates - Letter from Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
Sexual Trafficking and Pornography: The Link Between the Two by Robert Peters, President, Morality in Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
The 2008 Presidential Election and Its Impact on Enforcement of Federal Obscenity Laws by Robert Peters, President, Morality in Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
U.S. Justice Department’s Record Of Enforcing Obscenity Laws May Be Disappointing, But Latest Obscenity Prosecution Success Proves Again That Most Adults Do Not Accept The Proliferation Of Obscenity News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
Pro-Decency And Pro-Family Organizations To Hold Conference, Followed By Orderly Demonstration At U.S. Justice Department, To Call Attention To Failed Federal Obscenity Law Enforcement Policies That Are Putting Children, Women And Families At Risk News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
Open Letter from MIM President Robert Peters To FBI Director Robert Mueller: Failing to Enforce Federal Obscenity Laws Undermines FBI Efforts to Curb Traffic in Child Pornography News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
In reflecting on the VA Tech massacre, Americans should consider steps not only to curb unlawful use of guns but also the irresponsible entertainment that glamorizes such use News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Obscenity and Related Laws |
Harris Interactive Poll: Americans Strongly Support Vigorous Obscenity Law Enforcement News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
MIM President Comments on Sports Illustrated 2008 Swimsuit Edition News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Radio/TV Indecency |
MIM President Robert Peters comments on FOX's "Married by America" News Release from Morality in Media, Inc.
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| Internet Obscenity |
ObscenityCrimes.org Website Reaches 70,000 Citizen Complaints News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
NYC Department of Health’s ‘Get Some NYC Condoms’ sends wrong message and misuses tax dollars News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
Availability of guns doesn’t explain why so many individuals use them today to kill random strangers News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Radio/TV Indecency |
Panel discussion on the subject of “Defining and Regulating Media Indecency”
Presentation by Robert Peters, President of Morality in Media at St. Johns University School of Law February 6, 2008
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
Another Letter Regarding Porn Channels provided at Marriott Hotels
A Letter from Bob Peters, President of Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
Mass Murder by Individuals and the Role of Guns, Religion, and Popular Culture
Commentary from Morality In Media, Inc. President Bob Peters
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
Morality in Media President Robert Peters had the following comments in response to the latest mass murder in Omaha
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
An Open Letter from Morality in Media President Bob Peters to NY Post Editor-in-Chief Col Allan: Why I Stopped Reading the NY Post
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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Obscenity and Related Laws |
National, State and Local Leaders Ask President Bush to Nominate a New U.S. Attorney Who Fully Understands the Importance of Enforcing Federal Obscenity Laws’
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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Obscenity and Related Laws |
Letter to President George W. Bush regarding new Attorney General and Other Matters: PDF format
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
Morality in Media President Bob Peters responds to NY Post publication of a full-page Jordache advertisement depicting a topless woman and also to the the use of an obscenity in a front page article
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
Morality in Media President Bob Peters responds to NY Post publication of a half-page Jordache advertisement depicting a topless womean and to a half-page photo depicting a topless Courtney Love
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Internet Obscenity |
Morality in Media President Bob Peters responds to articles in the New York Times and Washington Post attacking www.ObscenityCrimes.org
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Radio-TV Indecency |
An Open Letter from Morality in Media President Bob Peters To Marriott International CEO Bill Marriott: Get Rid of the Porn
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Radio-TV Indecency |
More than half of adult Americans say the FCC should have authority to fine major TV networks for airing a single expletive
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Radio-TV Indecency |
Thought the Super Bowl Half-time Show breast-baring stunt was bad? Wait till you see what Delta Airlines has in store for kids
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Radio-TV Indecency |
Sign a petition against ultra-violent airline movies
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| Radio-TV Indecency |
Morality in Media President says we would have much less to fear from the availability of guns, if we would stop glamorizing their use in popular culture
- News Release from Morality In Media, Inc.
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
MIM President Applauds Advertisers For Withdrawing From Don Imus Show - News Release from Morality in Media
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
MIM President Robert Peters Responds To Shock Jock's Suspension - News Release from Morality in Media
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| Internet Obscenity |
Internet’s new ‘XXX’ district won’t protect kids and may exacerbate other pornography related problems
LETTER FROM MIM PRESIDENT TO U.S. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT, MARCH 2007
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Obscenity and Related Laws |
Majority of Adults Feel It Is Not Morally Acceptable to View Pornographic Websites and Videos - News Release from Morality in Media
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| Miscellaneous Media Issues |
MIM President Robert Peters reviews
the soon to be released film, World Trade Center |
| Offensive Magazines at Checkout Counters |
JOINT NEWS RELEASE: Morality in Media and American Decency Association call for magazine coverup at supermarket checkout lanes |
| Effects of Pornography |
"Confronting Your Spouse's Pornography Problem"
This new book (June 2006) by Rory C. Reid, LCSW, and Dan Gray, LCSW, provides common sense and professional counsel for both the injured spouse and porn addicted spouse.
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| Radio/TV Indecency |
MORALITY IN MEDIA PRESIDENT COMMENTS ON HOUSE ACTION TO INCREASE MAXIMUM FINE ALLOWED FOR VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL BROADCAST INDECENCY LAW
June 7, 2006
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Miscellaneous Media Issues |
There is much more to the alleged rape of a female ‘dancer’ by Duke Lacrosse players than ‘male sports culture’
By Robert Peters - April 17, 2006
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Miscellaneous Media Issues |
Morality in Media President's statement on MPAA decision to stand by its R-rating for the sadistic, graphically violent film Hostel
By Robert Peters
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| Radio/TV Indecency |
Morality in Media comments on FCC orders resolving numerous broadcase indecency complaints
By Robert Peters
President of Morality in Media
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Obscenity and Related Laws |
Special FBI Squad to Combat Obscenity:
A Waste of Resources or the Right Thing
By Robert Peters
President of Morality in Media
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Obscenity and Related Laws |
MORE THAN THREE OUT OF FOUR ADULTS SUPPORT THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL OBSCENITY
-- NEWS RELEASE from MORALITY IN MEDIA, Inc.
NEW YORK (November 15, 2005) - More than three out of four (77%) adult Americans support the Justice Department's effort to enforce federal obscenity laws, according to results of a survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Morality in Media November 4 to 7.
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Obscenity and Related Laws |
CONTRARY TO WHAT NBC’S ‘DATELINE’ MAY THINK OR SAY, PROMOTING HARDCORE PORNOGRAPHY WITH PORN SPAM IS NOT ‘LEGAL’
NEWS RELEASE from MORALITY IN MEDIA, Inc.
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Obscenity and Related Laws |
An Interview with Vernon J. Geberth, retired Lieutenant Commander with the NYPD and author of Sex Related Homicide and Death Investigation: Practical and Clinical Perspectives
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Obscenity and Related Laws |
Letter to President George W. Bush re: Supreme Court nominee: PDF format DOC format
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| Radio-TV Indecency |
What Carl’s Jr. offers for sale is beef burgers, but what it serves on TV is smut burger and possibly a broadcast pig
NEWS RELEASE from MORALITY IN MEDIA, Inc.
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Obscenity and Related Laws |
Obscenity Law Enforcement Update, May 2005
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| Radio-TV Indecency |
More than half of Adult Americans believe the FCC is doing a poor job of maintaining community standards of decency on broadcast TV
NEW YORK (April 25, 2005) – More than half (53%) of adult Americans say the Federal Communications Commission is doing a “poor job” of maintaining community standards of decency on broadcast TV, particularly during the evening hours from 8 pm to 10 pm, according to a new poll conducted by Harris Interactive for Morality in Media. More than twice as many adult Americans believe the FCC is doing a “very poor” job (33%) versus a “very good” job (15%). |
| Radio-TV Indecency |
Americans still want Federal obscenity laws enforced against hardcore Internet pornography, according to poll results - News Release from MIM.
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Obscenity and Related Laws |
The Link Between Pornography and Violent Sex Crimes by Robert Peters
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| Radio-TV Indecency |
News on indecency—letter to President Bush; fines bills reintroduced |
| Radio-TV Indecency |
Broadcast Indecency and the First Amendment—a presentation to the New York State Bar Association, |
| National Obscenity Law Center |
Links to All Available Federal and State Obscenity Laws on the National Obscenity Law Center site |
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