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Michael Medved (born October 1948) is a nationally syndicated conservative talk radio show host, film critic, and author. He is also an Orthodox Jew.
Medved is notable as the best known socially conservative film critic. His approach to reviewing films differs from the rest of the film critic community in that he judges a given film's merits based on his impression of the degree of morality in its "message."
Medved has published a number of books, including The Golden Turkey Awards (1980), which he co-wrote with his younger brother Harry Medved, and which spawned several sequels.
Medved has been an outspoken critic of how religion is portrayed by mainstream Hollywood. He was one of the Jewish voices in America that praised Mel Gibson's controversial movie, The Passion of the Christ (2004).
In 2005, Medved drew ire from many in the film critic community as well as the general public for revealing the ending of the film Million Dollar Baby (2004) in both the newspaper USA Today and on the television show The Seven Hundred Club, without warning, because he did not agree with the film's "message." Defending his actions, Medved said in USA Today that "There are competing moral demands that come into the job of a movie critic. We have a moral and fairness obligation to not spoil movies. On the other hand, our primary moral obligation is to tell the truth."
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