[Polycarp]

Monday, August 11, 2003

The Music Man
FOX-Sleaze vs. FOX-News : Conservatives Must Decide!

The much touted new Fox network drama "Skin" is a show designed to mainstream pornography under the guise of a Romeo and Juliet romance between a "good" pornographer's daughter and a "bad" LA district attorney's son.

Does Jim Leonard, creator and executive producer of this cultural assault, really think that promoting pornography to his fifteen year-old daughter and thirteen year-old son is in their best interest? Apparently so. It makes one think of the Music Man. Only Leonard, our high-stepping trombone player, is leading the parade into the cultural slime that rots the heart and makes civility impossible. "We have a working porn director who is a technical adviser for us" boasted Leonard to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Perhaps he will "do" a cameo with his daughter on screen, as a way of further desensitizing those still shielded by the moral restraints embedded in the nation's Christian roots; or maybe even one with his son, working to free us of several of our ugly little religious taboos in a single "adult moment". After all, for Mr. Leonard, is that not the idea? To be on the leading edge of societal engineering is one thing, but to be paid for it, ah, that is quite something else. It ought to more than cover his children's bills for sexually transmitted diseases, abortions, abuse and psychiatrists as they follow the path pioneered by good old dad.

Rupert Murdoch, the grand poobah of Fox, also must think we really need a show that glorifies and promotes the smut industry that has devastated more lives than we can ever imagine, while it undermines the very concept of moral self-control. Murdoch happily rakes the cash in from both sides of the cultural divide. In one hand he holds FOX-Sleaze and the other FOX-News. The first caters to the social liberals based on the proposition that the deeper the TV dumpster the bigger the bottom-feeder bucks to be hauled up. FOX-News caters to those who seek refuge from the nauseating reek of the pit. Wow, what a market straddle! What a two-headed money machine.

But Murdoch has forgotten Von Clauswitz' treatise On War and the nature of vulnerability. Decent folk who constitute the bulk of FOX-News viewers will have no direct influence over FOX-Sleaze. But they do have significant influence over FOX-News.

I propose that starting August 18th, those who watch FOX-News turn OFF the network for three full days a week until Murdoch cancels "Skin", including the two weeks following the cancellation to seal the deal.

The intent is to soak up ad revenue well beyond that which FOX-Sleaze will generate from "Skin". The viewers will survive the disconnect. They will exert their influence on Rupert Murdoch's empire of sleaze and no damage will come to their favorite conservative programs. Conservative viewers have to recognize that as conservative as the shows may be, they are, as Limbaugh points out, entertainment first. If they will not deny themselves their conservative feel-good shows for a few days, they are not as tough as they think. What they should keep in mind is that while depriving FOX-News of revenue, the mega-buck celebrities will suffer nothing but the satisfying revelation that many of their viewers actually do put principle before gain. The target is Murdoch; the revenue is his.

The second part is to let Murdoch know what they think of his repeated attempts to use their minds as his personal sewerage filtration plant. Ideally, they will tell him they want not just "Skin" axed, but also the rest of the FOX-Sleaze sewer roto-rootered.

Timothy A. Chichester
President

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[Polycarp]

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[hoosierboy]

Sorry, I wont give up king of the hill and the simpsons.

[68skylark]

I'm a big fan of the Romeo and Juliet story, especially since the movie version with Claire Danes came out. I'm rather interested in what Fox is going to do with the story. I'll watch this version if it comes out.

[nutmeg]

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[McGavin999]

Oh good, so you guys want to destroy FOXNews so all we'll end up with is CNN. Yeah, that'll work.

[discostu]

Murdoch hasn't forgotten anything. People misunderstand why Fox News is conservative. While Murdoch is conservative in business he is purely profit oriented. It's not a reflection of Murdoch's views, it's capturing a market hole he saw. Fox the entertainment channel is sleazy because there's good market in that. If Murdoch saw good numbers in clean entertainment he'd be going for it, if suddenly the other news channels went right he'd head left with his. Murdoch doesn't mix business and philosophy.

[cryptical]

The much touted new Fox network drama "Skin" is a show designed to mainstream pornography under the guise of a Romeo and Juliet romance between a "good" pornographer's daughter and a "bad" LA district attorney's son.

Thanks for the heads up, sounds like an interesting new show. Fox has come out with a couple of good dramas in the last several years. I'm waiting for the return of 'The Shield'.

[medscribe]

When the POPE openly apologizes to all of the victims of sexual predator priests and bishops over the years, and removes ALL of these criminals from the ranks of the Church, then I'll switch off Fox News. Until then, Catholics shouldn't be throwing rocks in their own glass houses.

[GSWarrior]

How much longer will network television even exist? With TIVO technology, etc, will there be a need for networks in 20 years?

[Tempest]

Wow! Skins sounds like a really good show. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. RAWR!

[miloklancy]

FOX Network is a lot of entertainment stuff and I generally tune it out. FOX NEWS however also needs to curb it's tabloid television. The whole Kobe Bryant and Scott Peterson stuff has to go. Also it would be a good start if they got rid of Rita Cosby, she is terrible and a magnet for some of the worst tabloid garbage out there.

[Saundra Duffy]

I think Rupert Murdoch is a creepy, dirty old man.

[mhking]

On/Off button, Channel changer.

Use them.

Voluminously.

They speak loudly.

If people don't watch, Fox won't keep the program on. Very simple.

I refuse to accept the notion of full-blown censorship, because while today, we may want their show censored, tomorrow, it will be something more important of ours that gets censored. We play fair. They don't.

Just make sure that our message is louder than theirs. The truth and good will always win.

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[qam1]

Forget the Boycott there is a brand new invention out

It's called A remote control, Believe it or not with this "Remote Control" you can actually change the channel to a channel more your taste. And if there is nothing on this marvelous new invention also allows you to actually turn the TV OFF!

Unfortunaetly it's not infallible, To make it work you first have to get rid of the guy holding a gun to your head making you watch all those sleazy Fox shows.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Chichester blasted Jim Leonard...for attempting to mainstream the ideas that the porn industry is a legitimate business

NEWS FLASH! It *IS* a legitimate business. Or haven't you seen those little shops around...?

[BlazingArizona]

You can report this all you want, but I decided: I like Fox shows, and Fox News.