CBS Pulls TV Show 'Living Biblically,' Replaces With 'Big Bang Theory' Reruns
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The series was scored CBS’ lowest-rated originals. CPost
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Christian Groups Are Troubled by Teen Suicide TV Show ’13 Reasons Why’
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“The American Family Association has created an online petition to have the show taken off Netflix and to not show the upcoming second season. The argument is not so much based on faith, but that the show leads to teens committing suicide.” WRNews
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'Living Biblically' recap: New sitcom walks a fine line with viewers
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“It asks practical questions like, can a person really not mix fabrics, as asked of them in Leviticus 19:19? Or even less-specific questions like, what happens if one’s significant other isn’t a particularly religious person?’ Fox
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Koresh, Bible prophecies and the tragedy of Waco
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“The tragedy led to Congressional hearings, creating massive amounts of reference materials — including recordings of Koresh and others.
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Massive Study Finds Link Between High Screen Time and Unhappiness
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“In a new analysis of 1 million U.S. teens, my co-authors and I looked at how teens were spending their free time and which activities correlated with happiness, and which didn’t… .
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Morton Downey Jr. Hosted the Original Trump Rally—30 Years Ago
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“Trump didn’t invent this exhibition or emotional approach. It was Morton Downey, Jr., a bombastic provocateur, who transformed our media culture through his nationally syndicated television show in the late 1980s.” - American Cons.
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“VidAngel is back. But the jury is still out on its legality.”
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Families Can Filter HBO and Netflix—for Now CT
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Religious Groups Applaud CNN for Dropping “Believer” Host Reza Aslan
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“Reza Aslan’s angry Trump tweet did what no protesting religious group was able to do, remove him and the show from the CNN lineup” WRN
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"Finding Jesus presents a skeptical but interesting examination of the Gospel accounts"
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“The series doesn’t seem intended to prove or disprove the existence of Jesus or the major events of His life. But it does highlight academic skepticism of Biblical inerrancy.” WORLD
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And Now for the News
From Dispensational Publishing House; used by permission.
What is your view of the news media? If you are like most people, your answer does not exude confidence.
According to Gallup:
Four in 10 Americans say they have “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of trust and confidence in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly. This ties the historical lows on this measure set in 2014 and 2012. Prior to 2004, slight majorities of Americans said they trusted the mass media, such as newspapers, TV and radio. (Rebecca Riffkin, “Americans’ Trust in Media Remains at Historical Low”)
I spent 14 years working for a major news organization in the state of Wisconsin as a newspaper reporter and editor. I appreciate so many things that I gained from that experience, apart from which I would be lacking in a number of valuable areas. I do not claim to have seen it all—or really to have any secrets to share that you have not already figured out if you, like me, are a connoisseur of media (or, to put it in the vernacular, a news junkie). I do, however, have a few observations about the current state of the news media—and, especially, how we as Bible-believing Christians should consume media—that I think are worth sharing. Here they are, in no particular order:
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