Tag Archives: Expelled

EXPELLED Controversy Top Issue in Blogosphere

Something amazing happened yesterday. The controversy around Premise Media’s upcoming movie Ben Stein’s EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed became the hottest topic in the blogosphere. According to BlogPulse, a service of Nielsen Buzzmetrics, the issue held the number one slot throughout the day on Monday, March 24th (http://www.blogpulse.com). There were also over 800 results on Technorati …

March 26, 2008 – 5:44 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Origins and Science | Tagged , , | Comments (5)

Oops!

It doesn’t matter what you think about Intelligent Design or ID, and you don’t have to agree with all the comments and commentary here. Still, the punch line on this story really is hilarious: Expelled! – The Panda’s Thumb

March 21, 2008 – 3:10 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Just For Fun, Origins and Science | Tagged , , | Comments Off

How Not to Support Expelled; How Not to Attack Evolution

Media reports on Intelligent Design, with their frequent misunderstandings and distortions, can make a person cringe. Unfortunately, there are times when ID defenders and creationists can make you cringe, too. There are plenty of good ways to stand in sympathy with Intelligent Design, to support creationism (not the same topic, but closely enough related to …

March 11, 2008 – 4:06 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Origins and Science | Tagged , , , | Comments (26)

The Register on Dawkins and “Expelled”

The U.K.’s Register says Dawkins may protest too much: Speaking at the Atheist Alliance convention in Virginia, Dawkins said: “I was never given a clue that these people were a creationist front,” adding that he wouldn’t have agreed to take part in the documentary if he had known its purpose. Here at El Reg we …

March 7, 2008 – 6:42 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Origins and Science | Tagged | Comments Off

Expelled: Then What?

Jack Cashill writes: Expelled opens nationwide on April 18th. The neo-Darwinists and their allies in the major media will do their best to kill it. Co-producer Mark Mathis tells me that two network news producers have already chosen not to cover the film because it was “biased,” unlike, say, the much-covered Fahrenheit 911. [From The …

March 6, 2008 – 9:05 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged | Comments (1)

Expelled: The Pre-Controversy (Part 2)

Yesterday we heard about claims that Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed employed deception in interviews with Intelligent Design opponents. Today, the other broiling controversy: As for publicity, the filmmakers are apparently relying on bribery to promote their propaganda. Gotta spend money to make money, right? Schools will be “paid” according to the number of ticket stubs …

March 4, 2008 – 1:58 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Origins and Science | Tagged , , | Comments (93)

Expelled: The Pre-Controversy

The number one Google or Yahoo! search phrase by which new visitors are coming to this blog now is “Expelled.” Hundreds of you have looked it up on this website alone. This is surprising, since I’ve only blogged on the movie once, way back in September. More than six weeks ahead of its April 18 …

March 2, 2008 – 12:48 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Origins and Science | Tagged , , | Comments (76)