Conservatives used to criticize the media, and not just for its liberal bias.

There once was a vocal argument coming from the right — from culture war stalwarts like Bill Bennett — that the media’s focus on sex and violence coarsened our culture. They argued that when too much attention was given to someone who committed a crime or was of low morals, it risked turning them into a celebrity or an icon. The media catered to the lowest common denominator and brought everyone down into the mud with it. More importantly, the distraction prevented the public from being informed about important policy issues. There was a “dumbing down of America” going on.

Then came Fox News.

Neil Cavuto did regular stories on lingerie football and Victoria Secret shows.| MORE ›

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My good friend and one of the best conservative members of the blogosphere, Jules Crittenden, analyzes Glenn Greenwald’s interview with “the UN’s torture guy.” Go read Jules’ analysis – he completely destroys Greenwald.

The Caucus blog talks about John Murtha.| MORE ›

Last weekend, Americans for Limited Government and NetRightNation.com hosted the first of many New Media events at the Union Pub in Washington, D.C. featuring internet entrepreneur, Andrew Breitbart, who spoke about the urgency for conservatives to embrace pop culture to ensure the survival of the conservative movement, and the Republican Party.

Breitbart knows what he’s talking about:| MORE ›

W-w-what?

As Steve Chaggaris noted in Hotsheet’s morning bulletin today, the news that the cuts totaled $17 billion “landed with a bit of a thud” in the media.| MORE ›

The Iraqi government has moved to shut down an Arab newspaper and a TV station operating from Baghdad. The AP reports that Al-Maliki et al.| MORE ›