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Monday, August 10, 2015
Today, on Point of View, Penna Dexter is your host. In the first segment, The Stream’s Rachel Alexander joins us to discuss the Presidential Debate. She will discuss who shined on-stage, who stumbled and what to expect from the candidates as they move onto the CNN debate next month. In the second segment, we are joined by Tim Graham, Media Research Council's Director of Media Analysis. He will tell us more about beyond the disturbing nature of the Planned Parenthood footage. The Media Research Center has discovered that preceding its expected release, the organization sent letters pressuring reporters and producers to not cover the video. Also joining us on this issue is Amelia Hamilton, a reporter for The Stream who has been following the story since the first video was released. She highlights how the latest video clearly dispels three lies Planned Parenthood has been trying to sell to the public. In the final segment, we hear from Tim Winter, president of Parents Television Council. He tells us more about a new study indicating that sex actually doesn’t sell, after all. And neither does violence. What this means is that there’s overwhelming scientific evidence that ads using sex and violence to sell products or services may simply be a bad strategy.        
Today, on Point of View, Penna Dexter is your host. In the first segment, The Stream’s Rachel Alexander joins us to discuss the Presidential Debate. She will discuss who shined on-stage, who stumbled and what to expect from the candidates as they move onto the CNN debate next month. In the second segment, we are joined by Tim Graham, Media Research Council's Director of Media Analysis. He will tell us more about beyond the disturbing nature of the Planned Parenthood footage. The Media Research Center has discovered that preceding its expected release, the organization sent letters pressuring reporters and producers to not cover the video. Also joining us on this issue is Amelia Hamilton, a reporter for The Stream who has been following the story since the first video was released. She highlights how the latest video clearly dispels three lies Planned Parenthood has been trying to sell to the public. In the final segment, we hear from Tim Winter, president of Parents Television Council. He tells us more about a new study indicating that sex actually doesn’t sell, after all. And neither does violence. What this means is that there’s overwhelming scientific evidence that ads using sex and violence to sell products or services may simply be a bad strategy.        

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Penna Dexter

Penna Dexter

Co-Host — Point of View

Point of View Co-Host, Penna Dexter frequently sits in as guest host for Kerby Anderson. Her weekly commentaries air on the Bott Radio Network. Penna’s heart is in educating and encouraging Christian...

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Rachel Alexander

Rachel Alexander

Senior Editor — The Stream

Rachel Alexander is a Senior Editor at The Stream. She is a political columnist and the founder of Intellectual Conservative . She writes for Townhall, Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research,...

Rachel Alexander is a Senior Editor at The Stream. She is a political columnist and the founder of Intellectual Conservative . She writes for Townhall, Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research, The Christian Post, weekend news items for Right Wing News and occasionally pieces for the UK Guardian and other publications. She is a recovering attorney and former gun magazine editor. From 2011-2014, she was listed as one of the 50 Best Conservative Columnists by Right Wing News and has won other awards for her writing. She has appeared on several TV shows and many radio shows as a political commentator, and enjoys interviewing influential voices on the right, from Phyllis Schlafly to Ted Nugent. She lives in Phoenix with her husband and his four children.

Tim Graham

Tim Graham

Director of Media Analysis — Media Research Council

Tim Graham is the MRC’s Director of Media Analysis. He is responsible for supervising media analysts and researching and writing regular Special Reports on the news. In 1997 he created and served as e...

Tim Graham is the MRC’s Director of Media Analysis. He is responsible for supervising media analysts and researching and writing regular Special Reports on the news. In 1997 he created and served as editor of the Media Reality Check, a weekly blast-fax report on national news stories that are distorted or ignored. He now shares those duties with Research Director Rich Noyes. In 2001 and 2002, Graham served as White House Correspondent for World, a national weekly Christian news magazine. He wrote cover stories on taxes, abortion, cloning, and other issues, asked questions at briefings with Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer, and interviewed members of Congress and administration officials like then-Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill. Graham is the author of the book Pattern of Deception: The Media's Role in the Clinton Presidency (Media Research Center, 1996), which critiques the media's coverage of Bill Clinton from 1991 through 1995. From 1989 to 1999, he was associate editor of MediaWatch, the monthly and then bi-weekly newsletter of the MRC News Division, where he was responsible for the Study and Janet Cooke Award articles. Seven of Graham's studies were published in And That's The Way It Isn't: A Reference Guide to Media Bias (Media Research Center, 1990). He also assisted in writing the book How To Identify, Expose and Correct Media Bias (MRC, 1994) and the broadcast news criticism section of Jude Wanniski's 1990 Media Guide. Eight of his essays on public broadcasting appeared in Public Broadcasting & the Public Trust (Second Thoughts Books, 1995). Other articles on media analysis have appeared in National Review, The Wall Street Journal, Reason, Human Events, Diversity & Division, Comint, Chronicles, The World & I, The Washington Times, World, Heterodoxy, and The Detroit News. Graham is a regular talk-radio spokesman for the MRC and has made television appearances on MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, The 700 Club, and PBS's This is America with Dennis Wholey.

Amelia Hamilton

Amelia Hamilton

Contributing Associate Editor — The Stream

Amelia Hamilton is a Contributing Associate Editor of The Stream, a conservative blogger and author of the Growing Patriots series of children’s books. A lifelong writer and patriot, she also loves Re...

Amelia Hamilton is a Contributing Associate Editor of The Stream, a conservative blogger and author of the Growing Patriots series of children’s books. A lifelong writer and patriot, she also loves Red Wings hockey, old cars, old movies and apple juice. Amelia has a master’s degree in both English and 18th-century history from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and a postgraduate diploma in fine and decorative arts from Christie’s London. Her labrador, Virgil, can usually be found at her side.

Tim Winter

Tim Winter

President — Parents Television Council

With more than 20 years in broadcasting, cable, internet and new media technologies, along with a law degree, Tim Winter brings a wealth of experience to his position as president of the Parents Telev...

With more than 20 years in broadcasting, cable, internet and new media technologies, along with a law degree, Tim Winter brings a wealth of experience to his position as president of the Parents Television Council. The PTC is a non-partisan education organization advocating responsible entertainment. Mr. Winter spent 15 years with the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) serving in numerous management capacities for the GE-owned media conglomerate in Los Angeles, New York and Europe.

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