Video: Soap Opera and Salvation

CBN beams "wholesome "shows to 14 million homes

"That junk on television," Scott I fumed. "Sure, the good guys usually win. But that's not what grabs the audience. It's what the bad guys do. Kids learn how to mug the defenseless. How to use guns and knives. How to get high on alcohol and drugs. That's what they remember."

Well, forget it. The Christian Broadcasting Network means to wash all that away in a tide of righteousness. According to a CBN promotion tape, Scott Davidson, quondam hero of CBN's flagship soap opera, Another Life, is not only a media analyst and anchorman of...

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