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CBS Outdoors Being Sued By Anti-Choice Group That May or May Not Exist

by Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

April 4, 2011 - 9:00pm (Print)

An anti-abortion group claims the company refused to put up their billboard, violating their first amendment rights.

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Censorship: The New Wedge Issue of the Religious Right

by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

March 1, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)

Once is an anomaly, but twice is a trend. But what is funny about this trend of anti-choicers crying censorship is how ridiculous the whining sounds from them. This is the religious right. They love censorship!

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Is CBS in Bed With Focus on the Family? (Heterosexually Speaking, Of Course)

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

February 23, 2010 - 2:30pm (Print)

New reports of advertising by Focus on the Family during the NCAA basketball tournaments in March on CBS raise troubling questions about involvement by both the collegiate sports association and the network's support for a right-wing extremist group.

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Second Focus on Family Ad Airing During SuperBowl Pregame Show

by Rachel Larris

February 5, 2010 - 3:09pm (Print)

Apparently one SuperBowl ad wasn't enough. Focus on the Family actually bought air time for two ads, with the second ad to air multiple times during the pregame show.

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The Plot Is Thicker: CBS Summarily Fires Staff Due to Economic Crisis and Loss of Advertising

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

February 4, 2010 - 9:28am (Print)

For those of you wondering why CBS reversed its longstanding anti-advocacy ad policy in the blink of a network eye, the answer may lie in declining ad revenues, deep staff cuts, and the search of an economic savior.

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What Do You Know About Focus on the Family? Here Are the Facts

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

February 4, 2010 - 9:00am (Print)

What do you know about Focus on the Family? Here are some facts.

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(VIDEO) Football and Olympic Stars Call for "Respect for Women's Choices" in New Planned Parenthood Video

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

February 3, 2010 - 2:35pm (Print)

Trust women: Former Minnesota Vikings football player Sean James and former Olympic Gold Medalist Al Joyner appear in a video created by Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) focusing on "respect for women's choices."

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CBS and Focus on the Family: Making Expensive Pro-Life Ads Together (While Laying Off Staff)

by Amie Newman

February 3, 2010 - 12:13pm (Print)

Dana Goldstein's newest Daily Beast Column exposes the curious and comfortable relationship between CBS and Focus on the Family during the creation of the now famous Super Bowl ad. But while they were busy crafting the perfect multi-million dollar message together, Focus on the Family was laying off 75 staff members and cutting 200 more jobs?

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(VIDEO) Raging Grannies of South Florida Ask: What Does CBS Stand For? It's a Must-See

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

February 3, 2010 - 6:51am (Print)

A group of "raging grannies" of South Florida asks...."What Does CBS Stand For?" We can't reprint it here because we'd spoil the surprise, but watch the video for an authentic home-grown response to the CBS/Focus on the Family Super Bowl hypocrisy.

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Focus on the Family: Funding Extremism Millions of Dollars at a Time

by Amie Newman

February 2, 2010 - 6:26pm (Print)

Just how does Focus on the Family have $2.5 million to pay for a Super Bowl ad? They are a media empire which exists almost solely to push propaganda and spread an anti-gay, anti-equality, anti-woman "gospel" using millions of dollars to proselytize their message - not to provide actual health care and social services as women's health organizations do.

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