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		<title>This pop-porn will ruin a whole generation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mike Stocke The recent final of Britain’s Got Talent was broadcast on a Saturday evening, featured two finalists who were 11 and 12 years old, and was watched by millions of children of about the same age or even younger. Yet the producers still thought it appropriate that the guest-star Nicole Scherzinger, formerly of 


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		<title>Not about rape, not about Rihanna</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 03:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lisa Fager Bediako CNN.com (CNN) &#8212; Rihanna&#8217;s &#8220;Man Down&#8221; video was the motivation for Industry Ears &#8212; a media watchdog group I co-founded &#8212; to recently join forces with the Parents Television Council to hold media corporations, in this case Black Entertainment Television, accountable. We argued that the graphic violence aired in the video 


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		<title>Parents Television Council Joins with  Industry Ears, to Condemn  Rihanna’s “Man Down” Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<title>Attorney Generals Call on Pabst to End Production of Blast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Gansler Calls on Pabst Brewing to End Production of Blast “Binge-in-a-Can” Targets Youth; Flavored Malt Beverage Poses Serious Health Risks Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler today sent a letter to Pabst Brewing Company, asking the company to end production and sale of its new Blast by Colt 45. Attorney General Gansler says the 


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		<title>Blast by Colt 45 Targeting Youth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<title>Strip Clubs: Launch Pads For Hits In Atlanta</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FROM NPR &#8211; All Things Considered &#8220;How do you feel about strip clubs?&#8221; That was their opening line. My colleagues Sara Sarasohn and Zoe Chace wanted to know if I’d be willing to go to Atlanta to report on how hip-hop records are broken, or launched, in strip clubs. Truth is, I&#8217;d never been to 


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		<title>Arizona Fallout: Hispanic Group To Press FCC, Hill, NTIA For Hate Speech Inquiries</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wants to update almost two-decades old report on effects of hate speech, press Congress for money to do so By John Eggerton &#8212; Broadcasting &#038; Cable, January 10, 2011 Prompted by the shootings in Arizona over the weekend and ensuing national conversation about the role of violent rhetoric in politics and the media, the National 


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		<title>Teena Marie&#8217;s passing at age 54</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 01:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teena Marie Dead at age 54 The singer known for her soulful hits such as &#8221; Square Biz and Portugese Love&#8221; has passed at the age of 54. WDAS FM in Philly was one the first stations to break the news when they tweeted: &#8220;WDAS FM We regret to inform you that Music Legend Teena 


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		<title>The 360 Record Deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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		<title>BET&#8217;s &#8220;Black Girls Rock&#8221; #1 Show on Cable</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
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