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class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_State_University" title="San Francisco State University">San Francisco State University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Fine_Arts" title="Master of Fine Arts">MFA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Author, political commentator, radio show host, film critic</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Diane Elvenstar</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Medved" title="David Medved">David Medved</a> (father)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://michaelmedved.com">michaelmedved<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American radio show host and writer</div> <p><b>Michael S. Medved</b> (born October 3, 1948) is an American radio show host, author, <a href="/wiki/Pundit_(expert)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pundit (expert)">political commentator</a>, and film critic.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His <a href="/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio">talk show</a>, <i>The Michael Medved Show</i>, is <a href="/wiki/Radio_syndication" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio syndication">syndicated</a> from his home station <a href="/wiki/KTTH" title="KTTH">KTTH</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is available via <a href="/wiki/CRN_Digital_Talk_Radio_Networks" title="CRN Digital Talk Radio Networks">Cable Radio Network</a>’s channel CRN1.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was syndicated via <a href="/wiki/Genesis_Communications_Network" title="Genesis Communications Network">Genesis Communications Network</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until GCN’s closure on May 5, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Medved&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Michael Medved was born on October 3, 1948, in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>, to parents Renate (née Hirsch) and <a href="/wiki/David_Medved" title="David Medved">David Bernard Medved</a>. His father was a <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Veteran" title="Veteran">veteran</a> and scientist. Raised in a Jewish home, his family's origin is <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Germany" title="History of the Jews in Germany">German</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Ukraine" title="History of the Jews in Ukraine">Ukrainian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ZMAN_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZMAN-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bookref1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bookref1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The surname Medved means "bear" in many <a href="/wiki/Slavic_languages" title="Slavic languages">Slavic languages</a>. Medved was raised in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>, where his father worked as a defense contractor for <a href="/wiki/Convair" title="Convair">Convair</a> and <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>. After the family moved to <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>, he attended <a href="/wiki/Palisades_Charter_High_School" title="Palisades Charter High School">Palisades High School</a>. Medved entered <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> as a 16-year-old undergraduate. He received his B.A. with honors in 1969, and later attended <a href="/wiki/Yale_Law_School" title="Yale Law School">Yale Law School</a>, though he did not finish his <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a> degree.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Medved volunteered for the 1968 presidential campaign of <a href="/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy" title="Robert F. Kennedy">Robert F. Kennedy</a>, and was present at <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_RFK" class="mw-redirect" title="Assassination of RFK">his assassination</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Medved&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writer">Writer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Medved&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Writer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his first year of law school, Medved left to work as a head speechwriter for diplomat <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Duffey" title="Joseph Duffey">Joseph Duffey</a> in his unsuccessful bid for U.S. Senate,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then for four years as a speechwriter and <a href="/wiki/Political_consultant" class="mw-redirect" title="Political consultant">political consultant</a>. After <a href="/wiki/Political_campaign" title="Political campaign">political campaign</a> work, including a position as an aide to Congressman <a href="/wiki/Ron_Dellums" title="Ron Dellums">Ron Dellums</a>, Medved worked in advertising, and coordinated a campaign to recruit more African Americans and Hispanics to the police departments of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland" class="mw-redirect" title="Oakland">Oakland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After writing more than 40 articles for the book <i><a href="/wiki/The_People%27s_Almanac" title="The People's Almanac">The People's Almanac</a></i>, Medved wrote <i><a href="/wiki/What_Really_Happened_to_the_Class_of_%2765%3F" title="What Really Happened to the Class of '65?">What Really Happened to the Class of '65?</a></i>, with <a href="/wiki/David_Wallechinsky" title="David Wallechinsky">David Wallechinsky</a>. Focusing on the post-graduation lives of 30 of Medved's Palisades High School classmates who were featured in a 1965 cover story in <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)"><i>Time</i></a>, the book became a bestseller in 1976. The book also became the basis for a weekly television series on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> that ran for 13 weeks in 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of some screenwriting work for feature film projects and television miniseries, Medved joined the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America" title="Writers Guild of America">Writers Guild of America</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Medved wrote <i>The Shadow Presidents: The Secret History of the Chief Executives and Their Top Aides</i> (1979), a study of the leading <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> assistants since the establishment of the presidential staff in 1857. The book included interviews with the chiefs of staff of presidents <a href="/wiki/Harry_Truman" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Truman">Truman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Eisenhower" class="mw-redirect" title="Dwight Eisenhower">Eisenhower</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_F_Kennedy" class="mw-redirect" title="John F Kennedy">Kennedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_Johnson" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyndon Johnson">Johnson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Nixon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Ford</a>. After the interviews, Medved continued his involvement in politics, befriending Ford's chief of staff, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Cheney" title="Dick Cheney">Dick Cheney</a>, affiliating himself with the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>, and campaigning for <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> in 1980. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?282654-1/after-words-michael-medved"><i>After Words</i> interview with Medved on <i>The 10 Big Lies About America</i>, December 6, 2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?290678-1/the-5-big-lies-american-business">Presentation by Medved on <i>The 5 Big Lies About American Business</i>, December 9, 2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1984, Medved wrote <i>Hospital: The Hidden Lives of a Medical Center Staff</i>, which was discussed in <i>Time</i>, on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Nightline_(US_news_program)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nightline (US news program)">Nightline</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Good_Morning_America" title="Good Morning America">Good Morning America</a></i>. The book focused on 30 staff people who worked together in a California teaching hospital. In collaboration with his brother, Harry Medved, he wrote four satirical books about movies: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fifty_Worst_Films_of_All_Time" title="The Fifty Worst Films of All Time">The Fifty Worst Films of All Time</a></i> (1979), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Turkey_Awards" title="The Golden Turkey Awards">The Golden Turkey Awards</a></i> (1980), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Hall_of_Shame" title="The Hollywood Hall of Shame">The Hollywood Hall of Shame</a></i> (1984) and <i>Son of Golden Turkey Awards</i> (1986). </p><p>In November 2008, Medved released his eleventh nonfiction book, <i><a href="/wiki/The_10_Big_Lies_About_America:_Combating_Destructive_Distortions_About_Our_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation">The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation</a></i>. The follow-up volume, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_5_Big_Lies_About_American_Business:_Combating_Smears_Against_the_Free-Market_Economy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The 5 Big Lies About American Business: Combating Smears Against the Free-Market Economy (page does not exist)">The 5 Big Lies About American Business: Combating Smears Against the Free-Market Economy</a></i>, was released in December 2009. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_reviewer">Film reviewer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Medved&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Film reviewer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a film reviewer, Medved hosted a weekly spot on <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> (1980–83) and a show on British <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> network, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Worst_of_Hollywood" title="The Worst of Hollywood">The Worst of Hollywood</a></i>. His commentary centered on what he considered bad movies, particularly in "The Golden Turkey Awards". The film selected by the Medved Brothers as The Worst Film of All Time, <i><a href="/wiki/Plan_9_from_Outer_Space" title="Plan 9 from Outer Space">Plan 9 from Outer Space</a></i>, has become a <a href="/wiki/Cult_classic" class="mw-redirect" title="Cult classic">cult classic</a>. </p><p>In 1984, Medved joined <i><a href="/wiki/Sneak_Previews" title="Sneak Previews">Sneak Previews</a></i>, the weekly movie review show originated by <a href="/wiki/Gene_Siskel" title="Gene Siskel">Gene Siskel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a>, co-hosting it for 12 years with <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Lyons_(television_critic)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeffrey Lyons (television critic)">Jeffrey Lyons</a>. </p><p>In 1993, Medved became chief film critic for the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Post" title="New York Post">New York Post</a></i>, a position he held for five years, during which he reviewed more than 700 movies for the paper. </p><p>Afterward, Medved played a prominent role in some movie-related controversies. He became an outspoken defender of <a href="/wiki/Mel_Gibson" title="Mel Gibson">Mel Gibson</a>'s film, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Passion_of_the_Christ" title="The Passion of the Christ">The Passion of the Christ</a></i> (2004), which had been criticized as antisemitic by many prominent Jewish groups. After <a href="/wiki/Mel_Gibson_DUI_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Mel Gibson DUI incident">Gibson's DUI arrest</a> in July 2006, Medved wrote that he felt "betrayed" by Gibson's antisemitic outburst and urged Gibson to seek "reconciliation" with the Jewish community.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some film critics, including Roger Ebert and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Emerson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim Emerson (page does not exist)">Jim Emerson</a>, criticized Medved for mentioning the "right to die/<a href="/wiki/Assisted_suicide" title="Assisted suicide">assisted suicide</a>" theme in <a href="/wiki/Clint_Eastwood" title="Clint Eastwood">Clint Eastwood</a>'s Oscar-winning <i><a href="/wiki/Million_Dollar_Baby" title="Million Dollar Baby">Million Dollar Baby</a>,</i> viewing Medved's statements as a <a href="/wiki/Plot_spoiler" class="mw-redirect" title="Plot spoiler">plot spoiler</a>. Medved said that the inclusion of this theme in the film was "deeply misleading" because it was marketed as a <i><a href="/wiki/Rocky" title="Rocky">Rocky</a>-</i>esque tale of a plucky female underdog in the boxing arena.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said 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 point of view. Ebert criticized Medved, saying he "has for a long time been a political commentator, not a movie critic."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Talk_radio_and_political_commentary">Talk radio and political commentary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Medved&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Talk radio and political commentary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While focusing on the theme of <i>Hollywood vs. America</i>, radio talk show host <a href="/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh" title="Rush Limbaugh">Rush Limbaugh</a> interviewed Medved and then asked him to guest-host his talk show.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 1996 Medved was offered his own local show on a major Seattle radio station. In his 2005 autobiographical book <i>Right Turns: From Liberal Activist to Conservative Champion in 35 Unconventional Lessons</i>, Medved says he welcomed the chance to speak to a wider audience about politics and morality, which were a focus of his written commentary and books. The show broadcast from Seattle and syndicated through <a href="/wiki/Salem_Radio_Network" title="Salem Radio Network">Salem Radio Network</a>. </p><p>His three-hour daily show was broadcast on 200 stations coast to coast and reached more than 4.75 million listeners weekly.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For ten consecutive years, <i><a href="/wiki/Talkers_Magazine" title="Talkers Magazine">Talkers Magazine</a></i> listed Medved as one of its "Heavy Hundred" most important American talk show hosts, and in 2011 tied for eighth place in its ranking of talk hosts by audience size.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Salem Radio announced on November 8, 2018, that <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Gorka" title="Sebastian Gorka">Sebastian Gorka</a> would replace Medved's time slot in 2019. Medved said that his show would continue in a "new format"<sup id="cite_ref-ap17_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ap17-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the same time (3–6<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Time">Eastern Time</a>). His show continues in that time slot on fewer stations,<sup id="cite_ref-tw17_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tw17-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but as of 2022, Medved remains in the <i>Talkers</i> Heavy Hundred, at position 92.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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 <a href="/wiki/Noam_Chomsky" title="Noam Chomsky">Noam Chomsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Moore" title="Michael Moore">Michael Moore</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Shelby_Spong" title="John Shelby Spong">John Shelby Spong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stone" title="Oliver Stone">Oliver Stone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Nader" title="Ralph Nader">Ralph Nader</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Boxer" title="Barbara Boxer">Barbara Boxer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Albright" title="Madeleine Albright">Madeleine Albright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Cohen_(businessman)" title="Ben Cohen (businessman)">Ben Cohen</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Galloway" title="George Galloway">George Galloway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thom_Hartmann" title="Thom Hartmann">Thom Hartmann</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naomi_Wolf" title="Naomi Wolf">Naomi Wolf</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a>. Guests who are generally considered right-of-center include <a href="/wiki/Robert_Spencer_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Spencer (author)">Robert Spencer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dinesh_D%27Souza" title="Dinesh D'Souza">Dinesh D'Souza</a>. </p><p>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 weekly "Disagreement Day", focusing on callers from around the country who wish to contest anything Medved has stated in his written articles or on the radio, and a monthly (when the moon is full) "Conspiracy Day," where callers from across the country expose what they consider the "hidden forces" behind "perplexing and painful present events." He gives historical perspective to current events on the radio show, and has recorded vignettes on major historical events and people in American history, such as the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?36670-1/hollywood-vs-america"><i>Booknotes</i> interview with Medved on <i>Hollywood vs. America</i>, December 27, 1992</a>, <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Medved writes a regular column for <i><a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a></i> and is a member of the Board of Contributors for <i>USA Today</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Forum Page, part of the newspaper's Opinion section. He writes occasional <a href="/wiki/Op-ed" title="Op-ed">op-ed</a> pieces for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> and blogged daily at <a href="/wiki/Townhall.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Townhall.com">Townhall.com</a>. He also wrote the 1992 book <i><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_vs._America:_Popular_Culture_and_the_War_on_Traditional_Values" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollywood vs. America: Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values">Hollywood vs. America: Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values</a></i>, a condemnation of violence in cinema.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Medved reportedly rearranged his schedule in 1993 "so he can devote time to a run for Congress."<sup id="cite_ref-MedCongRunIW93_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MedCongRunIW93-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2007, Medved drew fire from critics<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> after publishing a controversial column regarding the history of <a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the United States">slavery in the United States</a>, in which he wrote, "No, it's not true that the 'peculiar institution' featured kind-hearted, paternalistic masters and happy, dancing field-hands, any more than it's true that America displayed unparalleled barbarity or enjoyed disproportionate benefit from kidnapping and exploiting innocent Africans."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He has argued that voters in the American Jewish community do not necessarily embrace candidates based on their support for the state of <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> as much as they passionately oppose candidates based on their identification with Christianity, especially the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Right" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian Right">Christian Right</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Commentary_Sep_2009_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Commentary_Sep_2009-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Medved also states that the <a href="/wiki/Orthodox_Judaism" title="Orthodox Judaism">Orthodox</a> community, which he states as less than ten percent of the American Jewish population, "gives nearly as disproportionate support to <a href="/wiki/U.S._Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Republican Party">Republicans</a> as their Reform, Conservative, and secular Jewish neighbors give to <a href="/wiki/U.S._Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Democratic Party">Democrats</a>" and argues that this is because "The Orthodox feel no instinctive horror at political alliances with others who make faith the center of their lives."<sup id="cite_ref-Commentary_Sep_2009_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Commentary_Sep_2009-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Medved criticized <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign">2016 presidential campaign</a>, taking a <a href="/wiki/Never_Trump" class="mw-redirect" title="Never Trump">Never Trump</a> stance.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He continued to criticize Trump after the election.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_religion">Personal life and religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Medved&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life and religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Medved is married to Diane Elvenstar Medved; the couple have three children. Diane is a <a href="/wiki/Conversion_to_Judaism" title="Conversion to Judaism">convert</a> to Orthodox Judaism.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1991, Medved co-founded <i>Toward Tradition</i> in Washington state with Orthodox rabbi <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Lapin" title="Daniel Lapin">Daniel Lapin</a> and lobbyist <a href="/wiki/Jack_Abramoff" title="Jack Abramoff">Jack Abramoff</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 1994, it co-sponsored the conference "Toward a New Alliance: American Jews and Political Conservatism", with 300 attendees, featuring panelists <a href="/wiki/Grover_Norquist" title="Grover Norquist">Grover Norquist</a> (<a href="/wiki/Americans_for_Tax_Reform" title="Americans for Tax Reform">Americans for Tax Reform</a>), <a href="/wiki/Ralph_E._Reed,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Ralph E. Reed, Jr.">Ralph Reed</a> (Christian Coalition), <a href="/wiki/William_Kristol" class="mw-redirect" title="William Kristol">William Kristol</a> (editor, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Weekly_Standard" title="The Weekly Standard">The Weekly Standard</a></i>), and <a href="/wiki/David_Horowitz" title="David Horowitz">David Horowitz</a> (Center for the Study of Popular Culture). Also with Lapin, Medved helped revitalize the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Jewish_Center" title="Pacific Jewish Center">Pacific Jewish Center</a>, an Orthodox synagogue in <a href="/wiki/Venice,_Los_Angeles" title="Venice, Los Angeles">Venice, California</a>. For fifteen years, Medved served as president of PJC, which states that its mission is outreach to unaffiliated and disconnected Jews. In his book <i>Right Turns: Unconventional Lessons from a Controversial Life</i>, he states that his commitment to religion led to his conservative political outlook. He is a <a href="/wiki/Baal_teshuva" title="Baal teshuva">baal teshuva</a> (returnee to Orthodox Judaism).<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2007, Medved became a senior fellow at the <a href="/wiki/Discovery_Institute" title="Discovery Institute">Discovery Institute</a>, hub of the <a href="/wiki/Intelligent_design_movement" title="Intelligent design movement">intelligent design movement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 30, 2015, Medved announced during his live radio broadcast that he would take an indefinite leave of absence from the show to undergo treatment for <a href="/wiki/Throat_cancer" class="mw-redirect" title="Throat cancer">throat cancer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Personal_Note_Jan_2015_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Personal_Note_Jan_2015-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned to the air on April 21.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Medved endorsed <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> presidential nominee <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">2024 presidential election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Books">Books</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Medved&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMedved2019" class="citation book cs1">Medved, Michael (2019). <i>God's Hand on America: Divine Providence in the Modern Era</i>. Crown Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780451497413" title="Special:BookSources/9780451497413"><bdi>9780451497413</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=God%27s+Hand+on+America%3A+Divine+Providence+in+the+Modern+Era&rft.pub=Crown+Publishing&rft.date=2019&rft.isbn=9780451497413&rft.aulast=Medved&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichael+Medved" class="Z3988"></span><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMedved2016" class="citation book cs1">Medved, Michael (2016). <i>The American Miracle: Divine Providence in the rise of the Republic</i>. Crown Forum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0553447262" title="Special:BookSources/978-0553447262"><bdi>978-0553447262</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+American+Miracle%3A+Divine+Providence+in+the+rise+of+the+Republic&rft.pub=Crown+Forum&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-0553447262&rft.aulast=Medved&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichael+Medved" class="Z3988"></span><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The 5 Big Lies About American Business: Combating Smears Against the Free-Market Economy</i>. Three Rivers Press. 2009. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0307587473" title="Special:BookSources/978-0307587473"><bdi>978-0307587473</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+5+Big+Lies+About+American+Business%3A+Combating+Smears+Against+the+Free-Market+Economy&rft.pub=Three+Rivers+Press&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0307587473&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichael+Medved" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_10_Big_Lies_About_America" title="The 10 Big Lies About America">The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation</a></i>, 2008, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-307-39406-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-307-39406-4">978-0-307-39406-4</a></li> <li><i>Right Turns: Unconventional Lessons from a Controversial Life</i>, 2005, (explaining his conversion from being a <a href="/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States" title="Modern liberalism in the United States">liberal Democrat</a> to conservative <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4000-9832-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-4000-9832-7">1-4000-9832-7</a> (paperback)</li> <li><i>Saving Childhood: Protecting Our Children from the National Assault on Innocence</i>, coauthored with his wife, clinical psychologist and author Diane Medved, 1998, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-017372-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-017372-6">0-06-017372-6</a>; 1999, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-093224-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-093224-4">0-06-093224-4</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_vs._America:_Popular_Culture_and_the_War_on_Traditional_Values" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollywood vs. America: Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values">Hollywood vs. America: Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values</a></i>, 1992, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-016882-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-016882-X">0-06-016882-X</a>; 1993, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-06-092435-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-06-092435-7">0-06-092435-7</a></li> <li><i>Son of Golden Turkey Awards</i> (written with Harry Medved), 1986, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-394-74341-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-394-74341-5">0-394-74341-5</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Hall_of_Shame" title="The Hollywood Hall of Shame">The Hollywood Hall of Shame: The Most Expensive Flops in Movie History</a></i> (written with Harry Medved), 1984, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-399-51060-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-399-51060-5">0-399-51060-5</a>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-399-50714-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-399-50714-0">0-399-50714-0</a> (paperback)</li> <li><i>Hospital: The Hidden Lives of a Medical Center Staff</i>, 1982, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-42442-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-671-42442-4">0-671-42442-4</a>; 1984, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-42443-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-671-42443-2">0-671-42443-2</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Turkey_Awards" title="The Golden Turkey Awards">The Golden Turkey Awards</a></i>, (which expanded on the earlier book. Co-written by his brother <a href="/w/index.php?title=Harry_Medved&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harry Medved (page does not exist)">Harry Medved</a>), 1980, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-425-05187-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-425-05187-0">0-425-05187-0</a></li> <li><i>The Shadow Presidents: The Secret History of the Chief Executives and Their Top Aides</i>, (a history of the <a href="/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff" title="White House Chief of Staff">White House Chiefs of Staff</a>), 1979, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8129-0816-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-8129-0816-3">0-8129-0816-3</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fifty_Worst_Films_of_All_Time" title="The Fifty Worst Films of All Time">The Fifty Worst Films of All Time</a></i>, 1978 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-446-38119-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-446-38119-5">0-446-38119-5</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_Really_Happened_to_the_Class_of_%2765%3F" title="What Really Happened to the Class of '65?">What Really Happened to the Class of '65?</a></i>, (written with <a href="/wiki/David_Wallechinsky" title="David Wallechinsky">David Wallechinsky</a>), 1976, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-394-40074-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-394-40074-7">0-394-40074-7</a>; 1981 paperback, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-345-30227-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-345-30227-3">0-345-30227-3</a> (paperback)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Medved&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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