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Michael Medved, 2006
Michael Medved, 2006

Michael Medved (born October 3, 1948) is an American radio host, conservative political commentator, film critic, and author. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A radio personality (also known as a radio host or a radio presenter) is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting Conservatism in the United States includes a variety of political ideologies including Fiscal conservatism, Supply-side economics, Social conservatism A pundit is someone who offers to mass-media his/her opinion or commentary on a particular subject area (most typically political analysis, the Social sciences Film review redirects here for the similar sounding Film revue please visit Revue#Film revues. An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created His nationally-syndicated radio program, The Michael Medved Show, airs throughout the United States on Salem Radio Network. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through Talk radio is a Radio format containing discussion about topical issues Salem Radio Network is a US -based Radio network that specializes in syndicated Christian talk, Music, and secular news /talk [1]

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Early life

Michael Medved was born into a Jewish family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was raised in San Diego, California, where his scientist father worked for the defense contractor Convair and later for NASA. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, commonly known as Convair, was a US aerospace development and manufacturing complex of the 1940s and later The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Medved attended Palisades High School when the family moved to Los Angeles. Palisades Charter High School (usually abbreviated as "Pali High" "PaliHi" or uncommonly as "PCHS" / "PHS") is a secondary school in Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West He entered Yale University as a sixteen-year-old undergraduate, and graduated with honors in 1969, and then entered Yale Law School, where he became a personal acquaintance of Hillary Rodham. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Yale Law School, or YLS, is the Law school of Yale University in New Haven Connecticut. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26 1947 is the junior United States Senator from

After his first year of law school, he left to work as a head speech writer for a Democratic U. S. Senate candidate, and then for four years as a speech writer and political consultant. After political campaign work, including a position as an aide to Congressman Ron Dellums, Medved worked in advertising, and coordinated a campaign to recruit more African Americans and Hispanics to the police departments of the Californian cities of San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley. Ronald Vernie "Ron" Dellums (born November 24 1935 is the current Mayor of Oakland, California The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States.

After writing more than forty articles for the book The People's Almanac, Medved wrote What Really Happened to the Class of '65?, with David Wallechinsky. The People's Almanac was a series of books published in the 1970s and 1980s by Irving Wallace, the novelist responsible for co-authoring the series The Book David Wallechinsky (born 5 February 1948) has worked as a commentator for NBC Olympic coverage and is the author of many Olympic reference books Focusing on the post-graduation lives of thirty of Medved's Palisades High School classmates who were featured in a 1965 cover story in Time, the book became a bestseller in 1976. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The book also became the basis for a weekly TV series on NBC that ran for 13 weeks in 1978. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar)

Medved then wrote The Shadow Presidents: The Secret History of the Chief Executives and Their Top Aides (1979), a study of the leading White House assistants since the establishment of the presidential staff in 1857. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the The book included interviews with the chiefs of staff of presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr (July 14 1913 December 26 2006 was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 and the fortieth Vice President After the interviews, Medved continued his involvement in politics, becoming a friend of Ford's chief of staff, Dick Cheney, affiliating himself with the Republican Party, and campaigning for Ronald Reagan in 1980. Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30 1941 is the forty-sixth and current Vice President of the United States. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar)

In 1984, Medved wrote Hospital: The Hidden Lives of a Medical Center Staff, which was discussed in Time Magazine, on ABC's Nightline, and Good Morning America. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Good Morning America ( GMA) is a morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network debuting on November The book focused on thirty staff people who worked together in a California teaching hospital.

Movie reviews

After Medved adapted Class of '65 for television, he continued his screenwriting work, writing for feature film projects and TV miniseries, and he joined the Writers Guild of America. The Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE representing He also collaborated with his brother, Harry Medved, on four satirical books about movies: The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (1979), The Golden Turkey Awards (1980) and The Hollywood Hall of Shame (1984) and "Son of Golden Turkey Awards" (1986). The Fifty Worst Films of All Time is a 1978 Book by Harry Medved, with Randy Dreyfuss and Michael Medved. The Golden Turkey Awards is a 1980 book by film critic Michael Medved and his brother Harry Medved. The Hollywood Hall of Shame is a 1984 Book by Harry Medved and Michael Medved.

Medved continued to review movies, through a weekly review on CNN (1980-1983) and a show he hosted on British network Channel 4 called The Worst of Hollywood. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began His commentary centered on what he considered to be bad movies, particularly in "The Golden Turkey Awards". The film selected by the Medved Brothers as The Worst Film of All Time, Plan 9 from Outer Space, has since become a cult classic. Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 Science fiction / Horror film written produced and directed by Edward D A cult film is a Film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans.

In 1984, Medved joined Sneak Previews, the weekly movie review show originated by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, co-hosting the program for twelve years with Jeffrey Lyons. Sneak Previews was the first American Film review show and was replaced by Michael Medved. Eugene "Gene" Kal Siskel ( January 26, 1946 &ndash February 20, 1999) was an American Film critic. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. Jeffrey Lyons (born November 5, 1944) is the Television and film critic for WNBC in New York City.

In 1993, Medved became chief film critic for the New York Post, a position he held for five years, during which he reviewed more than 700 movies for the newspaper. The New York Post is the 13th-oldest Newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually

More recently, Medved has played a prominent role in some movie-related controversies. Medved became an outspoken defender of Mel Gibson's movie, The Passion of the Christ (2004), which had been criticized as anti-Semitic by many prominent Jewish groups. Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 film co-written co-produced and directed by Mel Gibson. After Mel Gibson's DUI arrest in July 2006, Medved wrote that he felt "betrayed" by Gibson's anti-Semitic outburst and urged Gibson to seek "reconciliation" with the Jewish community. On July 28, 2006, at 236am PDT, Mel Gibson was arrested on suspicion of Driving under the influence (DUI of alcohol after being stopped [2]

Some film critics, including Roger Ebert and Jim Emerson, criticized Medved for mentioning the "right to die/assisted suicide" theme in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby and these critics viewed Medved's statements as a plot spoiler. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 Film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood Hilary Swank, and Morgan Medved stated that the inclusion of this theme in the film was "deeply misleading" because it was marketed as a Rocky-esque tale of a plucky female underdog in the boxing arena. Rocky is a 1976 Film written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G [3] Medved said that he carefully avoided revealing the final turn in the plot, but felt honor bound to inform his listeners and readers about the movie's content and provocative point of view. Roger Ebert criticized Medved, saying he is "a political commentator and no longer a film critic. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. "[4]

Talk radio and political commentary

While focusing on the theme of Hollywood vs. America, radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh interviewed Medved and then asked Medved to guest-host his talk show. Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio host and conservative Political commentator. Medved went on to serve as a regular guest-host for Limbaugh on close to 30 occasions. In 1996, Medved was offered his own local show on a major Seattle radio station. In his 2005 autobiographical book Right Turns: From Liberal Activist to Conservative Champion in 35 Unconventional Lessons, Medved says he welcomed the chance to escape "the movie ghetto" and to speak to a wider audience about politics and morality, which were a focus of his written commentary and books. Medved's show was broadcast from Seattle and syndicated through Salem Radio Network. Salem Radio Network is a US -based Radio network that specializes in syndicated Christian talk, Music, and secular news /talk

His three hour daily show is now broadcast on 200 stations coast to coast and reaches more than 3. 75 million listeners. [5] For ten consecutive years, Medved has been listed by Talkers magazine as one of its "Heavy Hundred" most important American talk show hosts, and recently tied for eighth place in its ranking of talk hosts by audience size. Talkers Magazine is a trade industry publication related to Talk radio in the United States. [6]

Medved describes the show as "Your Daily Dose of Debate," often focused on listeners who call in to debate issues with the host. Guests have included those who are generally considered left-of-center, including Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, John Shelby Spong, Oliver Stone, Warren Beatty, Ralph Nader, Barbara Boxer, Al Gore, Madeleine Albright, Ben Cohen, George Galloway, and Al Franken. Avram Noam Chomsky (noʊm ˈtʃɑmski born December 7 1928 is an American linguist, Philosopher, cognitive scientist, Political Michael Francis Moore (born April 23 1954 is an Academy Award -winning American filmmaker author and liberal Political commentator. John Shelby Spong (born 16 June 1931 William Oliver Stone (born 15 September) is an American Film director and Screenwriter. Warren Beatty (born Henry Warren Beaty; March 30 1937 is an American Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning Actor, producer Ralph Nader (born February 27 1934 is an American Attorney, Author, Lecturer, political activist, and independent candidate for President Barbara Levy Boxer (born 11 November 1940 is an American Democratic Politician and the current junior U Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former Madeleine Korbel Albright (born Marie Jana Korbelová on May 15, 1937) was the first woman to become United States Secretary of State. Ben Cohen may refer to Ben Cohen (businessman (born 1951 American businessman co-founder of Ben & Jerry' Ben Cohen (filmmaker, (born George Galloway (born 16 August 1954 in Dundee) is a Scottish Politician, author and talkshow host noted for his Left-wing views confrontational style Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21 1951 is an Emmy Award –winning American Comedian, Writer, progressive Guests who are generally considered right-of-center include Robert Spencer, Condoleezza Rice, and Jon Voight. Robert Bruce Spencer (born 1962 is an American author who writes articles and books relating to Islam and Islamic terrorism. Condoleezza Rice (born November 14 1954 is the 66th United States Jonathan Vincent Voight (born December 29 1938 is an Academy Award -winning American film Actor.

Medved describes himself as "your cultural crusader on politics and pop culture" and common themes on his show include current events, politics, American history and the entertainment industry. He reviews four or more new movies or DVD releases per week. The program also includes a monthly "Conspiracy Day," which usually occurs within a few days of the full moon due to the superstitions surrounding that event, where callers from across the country expose what they consider the "hidden forces" behind "perplexing and painful present events. Full moon is a Lunar phase that occurs when the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. Superstition ( Latin superstitio, literally "standing over" derived perhaps from standing in awe used in Latin as a unreasonable or excessive belief "

Medved writes a regular column for USA Today and is a member of that newspaper's Board of Contributors. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. He also writes occasional op-ed pieces for The Wall Street Journal and blogs daily at conservative website Townhall.com. An editorial, leader (UK or leading article (UK is an article in a Newspaper or Magazine that expresses the opinion of the Editor Townhallcom is a web-based publication primarily dedicated to conservative United States politics.

In November 2007, Medved became a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, hub of the intelligent design movement. The Discovery Institute is a conservative public policy US Think tank based in Seattle Washington, best known for its advocacy of Intelligent See also Intelligent design The intelligent design movement is a Neo-creationist religious campaign that calls for broad social academic and political [7][8]

Personal and religious life

Medved co-founded Pacific Jewish Center, a synagogue in Venice, California, with his friend and teacher, Rabbi Daniel Lapin. Venice is a district in western Los Angeles California. It is known for its Canals Beaches and Circus -like Ocean Front Walk, Daniel Lapin (born c 1950 is a political commentator and American Orthodox Rabbi living on Mercer Island Washington, and the founder of For fifteen years, Medved served as president of PJC, which states that its mission is outreach to unaffiliated and disconnected Jews. In his book Right Turns: Unconventional Lessons from a Controversial Life, he states that his commitment to religion led to his conservative political outlook. He is a baal teshuva[9]

Books

References

  1. ^ The Michael Medved Interview. Right Wing News (2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid
  2. ^ Medved, Michael (2006-08-22). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Reconciliation should follow Mel's Malibu meltdown. USA Today. USA TODAY is a national American daily Newspaper published by the Gannett Company. Retrieved on 2007-01-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
  3. ^ Medved, Michael (2005-02-17). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori My 'Million Dollar' Answer. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved on 2007-01-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
  4. ^ Ebert, Roger (2005-01-29). Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Critics have no right to play spoiler. Chicago Sun-Times. The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily Newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. Retrieved on 2007-01-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
  5. ^ >The Talkers Magazine Top Talk Radio Audiences. Talkers (2007). Talkers Magazine is a trade industry publication related to Talk radio in the United States. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade.
  6. ^ The Talkers Magazine Heavy Hundred Class of 2005. Talkers (2005). Talkers Magazine is a trade industry publication related to Talk radio in the United States. Retrieved on 2007-01-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.
  7. ^ William Dembski (November 15, 2007). William Albert "Bill" Dembski (born July 18 1960) is an American proponent of Intelligent design, and its opposition to the Michael Medved Becomes Discovery Fellow. Uncommon Descent. Retrieved on 2007-11-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
  8. ^ Discovery Institute Names National Talk Show Host Michael Medved as Senior Fellow. Discovery Institute press release (November 15, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
  9. ^ http://www.ou.org/news/article/return_of_the_natives_ou_highlights_home_grown_talent_at_latorah_convention/

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