12/15: Helped by House, Fox Named Most "Anti-Religious" Network by Parents Television Council
You can check out the full report at the PTC site. Excerpts:
Via Julia Ward via Michael Learmonth.
Fox had the highest percentage of anti-religious depictions, with 1 of every 2 depictions of religion – almost exactly half (49.7%) – being negative. NBC closely followed, with 39.3% of their depictions of religion being negative, while 35.4% of UPN depictions were negative. 30% of ABC’s portrayals were negative, followed by 29% of CBS’ and 21% of WB’s. ...
House tells a religious patient that the patient is either psychotic or a scam artist for believing that God speaks to him. (Fox, House M.D., April 25, 2006) ...
House remarks on a Christian patient with an STD: “Yeah, the hand of God reached into the kid’s pants and made him have sex…he’s just another liar and manipulator.” Dr. Wilson responds: “Oh, nobody’s as perfect as you are. It is possible to believe in something and still fail to live up to it, y’know.” (Fox, House M.D., April 25, 2006) ...
House tells a religious patient that the patient is either psychotic or a scam artist for believing that God speaks to him. (Fox, House M.D., April 25, 2006) ...
House remarks on a Christian patient with an STD: “Yeah, the hand of God reached into the kid’s pants and made him have sex…he’s just another liar and manipulator.” Dr. Wilson responds: “Oh, nobody’s as perfect as you are. It is possible to believe in something and still fail to live up to it, y’know.” (Fox, House M.D., April 25, 2006) ...
Via Julia Ward via Michael Learmonth.
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