Study finds that Hollywood reflects religion...well, pretty accurately, actually

Study: Religion portrayed negatively on TV. Also...war, famine, pestilence not shown very positively. Go figure!

The Parents Television Council watched every hour of prime-time on the broadcast networks during the 2003-04 season and logged 2,344 treatments of religion. They judged 22 percent of the mentions positive, 24 percent negative and the rest neutral.

Not exactly an overwhelmingly negative treatment of religion, if you ask me.

And in the category of things not-at-all completely obvious or ill-worthy of a council devoted to uncovering them, we have this little gem:

Well-publicized scandals about pedophile priests made Catholics particularly vulnerable (to criticism), the council found.

Ya think?

His group singled out NBC, saying its mentions of religion were nearly 10 time(s) more likely to be negative than positive. "Law & Order" episodes, which tend to have stories ripped from the headlines, helped skew those numbers, the group said.

Just so I have this straight, NBC chooses to air a drama that is based on actual events and they're the ones responsible for making religion look bad??

Bozell said he's not suggesting that all television programming "ought to be about St. Teresa" or even be all positive about religion, but that Hollywood should keep in mind the overall picture it presents to viewers.

I'm sorry, but since when did it become Hollywood's fault that Catholic priests are molesting children? Perhaps it's religion that should keep in mind the overall picture it presents.