Senior writer at the Culture and Media Institute Kristen Fyfe, Clintons4McCain co-founder Anne Franklin, & Paul F. Villarreal

Kristen Fyfe joined the staff of the Culture and Media Institute on November 20, 2006. Fyfe will serve as a Senior Writer for CMI. Fyfe was recently employed by the Alexandria, VA office of the Parents Television Council as a Senior Writer and Editor. In the spring of 2006 she authored a study documenting the violent content of children’s television. That study received unparalleled press coverage for the organization.

Fyfe is also an Emmy-nominated producer and writer having worked most recently for South Carolina Educational Television. There she hosted and produced two weekly public affairs programs and specials that aired on the statewide network. She graduated summa cum laude with a Master’s of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University.

The Culture and Media Institute is an American non-profit organization focusing on promoting what it believes to be traditional values in American culture and beliefs and fair treatment of conservatives in the news media. It was founded in October 2006 as a division of the Media Research Center, a group that monitors perceived liberal news media bias.

CMI promotes its mission through editorials and research reports. "Eye on Culture" is a regular feature in which CMI writers express their opinions on the state of American popular culture. Among its viewpoints include opposition to the Fairness Doctrine and opposition to same-sex marriage. In March 2007, the CMI published a "National Cultural Values Survey" and concluded from its results that most Americans perceived a decline in moral values. One study released by the organization in July 2007 claimed that television viewing time correlated directly with one's liberal attitude, even possibly degrading to moral attitudes.

The CBS crime drama Cold Case has been twice criticized by the CMI for alleged anti-Christian prejudice in two episodes.  In May 2008, CMI released another report, one that claimed a moral decline in "Dear Abby" columns.

Clintons4mccain was started as a grass roots effort by Cristi Adkins, Anne Franklin, Peter Boykin and a team of Clinton Supporters who are adamantly opposed to the DNC, the media and Hollywood selecting their presidential nominee. “We’re mad as hell and not going to simply fall in line like Stepford Wives.” The Clintons4mccain group plans to join other organizations across the country for a large army of dedicated soldiers devoted to ONE unified mission…

For Information on Operation NOBAMA, go to www.Justsaynodeal.com

To Join the group, you can go to www.clintons4mccain.com as well as the myspace page, http://www.myspace.com/clintons4mccain and get the latest updates on the www.youtube.com/clintons4mccain channel.

With the pressure building on Senator Obama and masses exodus, it’s only a matter of time before the DNC realizes it’s biggest failure in ‘Votergate 08’ was the smoke and mirrors game they played on the entire 2008 Primary ‘Selectoral’ process.

Co-founder Anne Franklin is a retired executive with a background in sales, marketing, strategy, operations and human resources. Like Hillary, Anne graduated from an all-female college. The nun (now Saint) who founded the college said, "If you educate a man you educate a person, if you educate a woman you educate a family." That phrase stuck with Anne and according to Anne, has proven to be true from what she has seen in life. "Hillary has a similar philosophy of taking care of the educational and healthcare needs of women/mothers to enable them to raise children who are less likely to drop out, abuse drugs and alcohol, commit violent crimes and end up on welfare, which is one of the things about her that appeals to me."

Anne is an Independent and believes that Independent voters are the most well-informed since, "we don't let Party leaders or others decide for us for whom we will vote. We have to do our own research on all of the candidates from both parties. This year, Hillary was my first choice, followed by a Republican, followed by McCain, followed by another Democrat. I am a moderate (as I believe are most Americans). Hillary and McCain are both moderates. They belong to different Parties, but I am not aligned with a Party. So, I research all candidates' policies, their character and what each done in the past (which is the best predictor of future behavior). I don’t agree with any of the candiates 100% on their policies. So, I look at the ones that are most important to me, where they stand and whether or not they are likely to get things done."

Also, make sure to listen our lively segment with Paul F. Villarreal and his brother John.  You may check out their work at www.youtube.com/user/PaulFVillarreal and www.villarrealsports.com