American Family Values
conference sponsored by the Media Research Center to defend the
remarks made by Vice President Quayle the previous week concerning
American family values. Vice President Quayle had remarked in a
speech that Hollywood and television programs, such as the popular
sitcom “Murphy Brown,” contributed to the decline of family values in
America. Specifically, he criticized the program “Murphy Brown,” for
featuring a character who bore a child out of wedlock, which Vice
President Quayle said mocked fatherhood.
Media Research Chairman L. Brent Bozell discussed a number of
television programs which he said presented themes that denigrated
family values, and several Republican members of Congress decried the
disintegration of family values caused by viewing mass media
entertainment. The members of Congress also discussed the cause of
the urban violence in Watts in 1965 and in Los Angeles in 1992. The part
Several Republican members of Congress participated in a news conference sponsored by the Media Research Center to defend the remarks ma… read more
Several Republican members of Congress participated in a news
conference sponsored by the Media Research Center to defend the
remarks made by Vice President Quayle the previous week concerning
American family values. Vice President Quayle had remarked in a
speech that Hollywood and television programs, such as the popular
sitcom “Murphy Brown,” contributed to the decline of family values in
America. Specifically, he criticized the program “Murphy Brown,” for
featuring a character who bore a child out of wedlock, which Vice
President Quayle said mocked fatherhood.
Media Research Chairman L. Brent Bozell discussed a number of
television programs which he said presented themes that denigrated
family values, and several Republican members of Congress decried the
disintegration of family values caused by viewing mass media
entertainment. The members of Congress also discussed the cause of
the urban violence in Watts in 1965 and in Los Angeles in 1992. The part close
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