A new study by the Parents Television Council shows that TV's treatment of religion continues to play negatively.

        Among the striking findings:

• NBC was the decisive leader in broadcasting negative depictions of faith and religion. NBC programming had 9.5 negative treatments for every positive treatment of faith.

• Negative depictions of clergy were more than twice as frequent as positive depictions.

• The treatment of religion in an institutional or doctrinal context (such as a reference to a church service, a particular denomination, or to Scripture) was strikingly negative.

 

TheMediaReport.com says ... The proof is in the [Christmas] pudding.