ChildCare Action Project
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The ChildCare Action Project: Christian Analysis of American Culture (CAP) Ministry) (also known as CAP, CAPAlert or CAP Movie Ministry) is a Christian entertainment media analysis service that reports on what it percieves as vulgar content in films. [1] CAP is based near Fort Worth, Texas, and is headed by Thomas A. Carder.
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[edit] Criticism
As a Christian ministry, CAP promotes Biblical Christian values. It has been accused of being narrow-minded in its attitudes and ignoring other people's views. Its rating system is based on the project's interpretations of biblical ideology, and downgrades content that runs contrary to it, such as homosexuality, paganism, atheism and biological evolution. The site contains a "mailbag" section dealing with the issue of antagonistic e-mails, as well as details on some of its film review pages.[2][3] Roger Ebert apparently criticized the website in 2002, though records of his precise criticisms are currently difficult to locate.[4]
It has been suggested that the site has some of the trappings of an internet hoax, raising money from donations by those who believe in it.[5] However, the same writer asserts that "Carder is serious about his efforts to do the Lord's work," and quotes Vince Seiko (author of the Book of Genesis parody) as saying, "I would gladly believe that CAPAlert is a hoax perpetrated upon the gullible readership of the Web, but unfortunately evidence indicates otherwise."
The ChildCare Action Project is an independent organization. In response to accusations that it is affiliated with certain fundamentalist sects, the site explicitly disclaims any connection to the Westboro Baptist Church, a group known for extreme homophobia, and the Landover Baptist Church[6] , a spoof of the perceived moral judgmentalism and intolerance of some American evangelical sects.
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- ^ http://www.capalert.com
- ^ SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER & UNCUT (1999) WARNING!: ChildCare Action Project (CAP) Media Analysis Report MAR08299
- ^ Some Have Asked About The Email We Get
- ^ "Ex-Porn Film Screenwriter Roger Ebert Pans Christian Movie Review Site". Traditional Values Coalition. http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=151. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ^ Cavanaugh, Tim (2002-04-02). "Putting a CAP on a Hoax". Online Journalism Review (USC Annenberg School for Communication). http://www.ojr.org/ojr/ethics/1017782210.php. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
- ^ Cavanaugh, Tim (2002-04-02). "Putting a CAP on a Hoax". Online Journalism Review (USC Annenberg School for Communication). http://www.ojr.org/ojr/ethics/1017782210.php. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
