by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 22, 2002 | News
Three months after NBC decided to break away from a 54-year old voluntary ban on airing hard-liquor ads on network television, it has bowed to pressure from advocacy groups and lawmakers to halt the ads, Reuters reported on Thursday. Groups including the American...
by Cliff Vaughn | Mar 22, 2002 | News
Sunday night’s Oscar telecast (ABC, 8:00 p.m. EST) will showcase some of the best filmmakers in the world. One director, however, isn’t even nominated in the best director category, despite the fact that his film amassed eight Academy Award nominations...
by Jodi Mathews | Mar 21, 2002 | News
Not until his children took an interest in “The Simpsons” did Mark Pinsky begin to give this dysfunctional cartoon family a closer look. He was surprised at what he found. He was surprised at what he found. “All I knew about the series was that it...
by Melissa Giorgi | Mar 20, 2002 | News
If anti-smoking activists have their way, just one actor lighting a cigarette in a movie would merit an “R” rating. Citing a new study linking Hollywood to cigarette sales, advocates wish to use tobacco as a factor in determining movie ratings, along with...
by Ray Furr | Mar 19, 2002 | News
When 19-year-old Jenna Bush was arrested, she was accused of possessing a “substance resembling beer,” according to undercover police officers. These “substances” or “alcopops” are the alcoholic beverages of choice for underage...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 18, 2002 | News
Technology and biblical prophecy are butting heads over a computer chip. It’s a little larger a grain of rice and can be implanted beneath human skin to provide personal and medical information. Some marvel about the wonders of such technology. Others believe it...
