The right-wing propaganda problem extends to religious tv as well.

[Bombtrack]

People tend to forget about this awful BS being programmed into people's houses when they think about the VRWC. Obviously FAUX and right-wing radio and their hijacking of mainstream news both national and local gets talked about alot, but I often am just driven to sickness by the BS that gets broadcast as religious TV. Sometimes I catch this psycho named "Jack Van Impe" or something who's a "left behind" nut. Also, there's a cable channel called "EWTN" which is apparently a catholic propaganda channel, which more often than not flipping through I catch making Faux news look like 60 minutes, when 60 minutes is being journalistic. They had some all night long anti-gay crusade, write congress to defeat gay marriage or some such crap one night.

This stuff drives my secular ass insane.

[nytemare]

1. I think it started with those channels

And seeped into Fox and the mainstream. Very disturbing. Tinky Winky will be the death of us!

[AG78]

2. Agreed

I was flipping through the channels last night, and I saw MC Hammer on TBN. That's right, MC Hammer.

And I love that fat guy that screams to high heaven about Harry Potta(in a nice, thick southern accent, with his three chins bobbling back and forth). He's a riot. He's got small feet. It's the funniest thing.

[atommom]

4. MC Hammer spoke at a local mega-church a few months ago.

Same mega-church that had Stephen Baldwin, Jerry Falwell, and other paragons of human goodness. Bleah.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. I generally fall asleep to the sound of the television...

At night, I might turn down the volume and go back to sleep. Then, in the morning, in that moment of waking up, I have a television program with no sound and it becomes a game to figure out what's on. I swear to you, that I can't tell the difference between religious bully pulpit shows and motivational infomercials. The body language is the same. Just try it.

[noonwitch]

5. Jack van Impe and the lovely Rexella

They're a joke, not that many people take them all that seriously. He is crazy, the way he links every head line to a scripture. They are from the Detroit area somewhere.

I still think that Robertson and his show are the scariest, because they have better production values and they have that toll free number for phone counseling, which gives it a very personal touch. They are completely biased, and unlike FOX, don't even bother pretending not to be (which, I guess, is at least honest). It's easier to take them seriously.

[Bombtrack]

6. Not to mention Robertson's on the ABC family channel

or whatever it is. Fox family, I can't keep track. But to think that it comes on after or before reruns of Smallville or something is quite something.