Exhibit 18 Political and Social Issues in Entertainment Programming
The West Wing
1. In Excelsis Deo (#10) - military veteran's who are homeless 2. Take This Sabbath Day (#14) stay ofexecution 3. Six Meetings Before Lunch (#18) - slavery reparations. 4. Let Bartlet Be Bartlet (#19) - gays in the military 5. Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics (#21) - FEC campaign finance reform 6. What Kind ofDay Has it Been? (#22) - American pilot shot down in Iraq 7. The Portland Trip (#29) - same-sex marriages 8. Shibboleth (#30) - Chinese refugees stowing away and seeking asylum 9. Ellie (#37) -legalization ofmarijuana 10. Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail (#38) World Trade Organization protesters. 11. 17 People (#40) necessity ofthe ERA 12. Isaac and Ishmael (#45) - events of9/11 13. The Indians in the Lobby (#52) Native American's buying back land 14. The Women ofQumar (#53) - Middle-Eastern atrocities against women and mad cow disease 15. The Two Bartlets (#57) - Navy arms testing in Vieques, Puerto Rico. 16. Stirred (#62) - tax rebates 17. 20 Hours in America: Part 1 and 2 (#68 and 69) - funding for sending kids to college including tax deductions. 18. College Kids (#70) - "Rock the Vote"
1. Going Home (#3) - domestic violence 2. Into That Good Night (#6) -lack of fund for health care treatment 3. The Gift (#12) - organ donations 4. Sleepless in Chicago (#19) - child abuse 5. And Baby Makes Two (#31) spousal abuse 6. Dead ofWinter (#37) racial remarks 7. lt's Not Easy Being Greene (#39) doctors with unethical study methods 8. John Carter, M.D. (#48) and Dr. Carter, I Presume (#49) HIV and the workplace 9. Fear ofFlying (#54) - cryogenic storage 10. Union Station (#56) pregnancy and drinking 11. Whose Appy Now? (#62) - patients will to die but underage 12. Faith (#64) - being put on heart transplant list with other medical issues. 13. Tribes (#65) racial prejudices in choosing medical cases 14. One More for the Road (#70) - rights to bear anTIS 15. Freak Show (#78) wrongful tern1ination of employment 16. Do You See What I See (#80) elderly rape victims ]7. Carter's Choice (#83) - blood shortage ]8. My Brother's Keeper (#86) - treatment ofpatients with no medical insurance ]9. Shades ofGray (#89) bombing ofabortion clinic 20. Suffer the Little Children (#9]) - child addicted to drugs via parent 2]. They Treat Horses, Don't They? (#95) - HMO declines to treat patient 22. Hazed and Confused (#99) - abortion as a means ofselective birth control 23. Double Blind (#] 04) sample drugs not approved by the FDA. 24. The Storm (#]06) parent helping terminally ill child to die 25. Middle ofNowhere (#]08) - racism 26. Abby Road (#]26) - steroid use for teenagers 27. Under Control (#]30) - harvesting brain dead patient's organs 28. Loose Ends (#] 34) - genetic testing on babies 29. The Greatest ofGifts (#]45) adoption 30. A Walk in the Woods (#]50) - affirmative action and sexuality 31. Insurrection (#] 83) parent taking child offlife support 32. One Can Only Hope (#] 86) - stem cell research discussed
]. Farenheit 932 (#]2) illegal sports gambling 2. The Execution ofCatherine Willows (#52) - the death penalty and DNA evidence 3. Blood Lust (#55) prejudice against individuals who appear to be from the Middle East
Law & Order
]. Out ofthe Half-Light (#] ]) rape ofblack girl by white policeman and publicity-seeking politicians 2. Life Choice (#] 2) bombing ofabortion clinic. 3. Sonata For a Solo Organ (#2]) - obtaining illegal organs 4. Asylum (#26) - search warrants for homeless man who considers the park his "home" 5. God Bless the Child (#27) - denying medical help because ofreligious beliefs 6. Misconception (#28) - murder charges for death ofunbom baby 7. Heaven (#32) illegal bYfeen cards 8. Cradle to Grave (#40) -landlords who won't provide heat 9. The Corporate Veil (#48) used pacemakers 10. Wedded Bliss (#49) illegal sweatshops and enslavement ofyoung immigrants ] 1. SelfDefense (#5]) - right to defend property and self ]2. Apocrypha (#73) - charismatic cults ]3. Golden Years (#77) neglect ofthe elderly 14. Breeder (#79) private adoptions ]5. Second Opinion (#89) - unorthodox methods oftreating breast cancer ]6. Blue Bamboo (#9]) - battered-woman syndrome ]7. Progeny (#] 00) killing ofabortion clinic doctor 18. Seed (#]03) unethical practices offertility doctor 19. Privileged (#106) - young alcoholics 20. Cruel and Unusual (#107) - unlicensed therapist 21. Bad Faith (#108) - pedophilia involving priests 22. Pride (#111) - gay and homophobic politicians 23. Corruption (#139) - corrupt DAs. 24. Entrapment (#143) FBI informants and protection ofinformants 25. Terminal (#157) - decision ofseeking death penalty 26. Harvest (#161) - harvesting organs as transplant donations 27. Nullification (#162) jury nullification 28. Ritual (#167) - circumcision ofgirls 29. Carrier (#174) - intentional infection ofHIV 30. Stalker (#175) - cyber-stalker 31. Tabloid (#180) - tabloid journalism and its effects 32. Empire (#201) - sexual performance-enhancing drug 33. Refuge (#205) violation of civil liberties 34. Gunshow (#206) - gun manufacturers and prosecution thereof 35. Return (#234) Israel's Law ofReturn 36. Thin Ice (#237) - sports rage 37. Whose Monkey is it Anyway? (#239) - treatment ofresearch animals 38. Teenage Wasteland (#241) - death penalty and youthful offenders 39. Phobia (#242) hate crimes 40. Swept Away -A Very Special Episode (#244) - TV reality series 41. Deep Vote (#253) - elections, missing ballots, tampered ballots 42. The Fire this Time (#261) - extreme environmentalist groups 43. The Collar (#264) - priest's confessional seal 44. Undercovered (#265) - insurance denying treatment 45. Equal Rights (#271) insider trading 46. Foul Play (#274) - false birth certificates for immigrants in order for them to play Little League
The Practice
1. First several episodes - deal with tobacco suits 2. The Pursuit ofDignity (#20) - Tourette's Syndrome 3. The Battlefield (#39) -loss ofemployment based upon nationality 4. Swearing In (#42) - shaken baby syndrome 5. Target Practice (#51) suing !,JUn manufacturers 6. Bay ofPigs (#66) sale ofreproductive eggs 7. Death Penalties (#75) - assisted suicide and death row inmate 8. The Day After (#93) - refusing medical treatment based upon religious beliefs 9. The Case ofHarland Bassett (#99) liver damage from antibiotic drug manufacturer 10. The Cradle Will Rock (#128) refusing medical treatment based upon religious beliefs 11. Bad to Worse (#132) - airline that refuses to carry passengers ofArab descent Declaration of Kimberly D. Croley
I, Kimberly D. Croley, hereby declare as follows:
1. I am employed as a Legal Assistant at Shaw Pittman LLP, 2300 N Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. I have worked as a legal assistant at Shaw Pittman for over two years, and previously worked for almost four years as a legal assistant at Fisher Wayland Cooper Leader & Zaragoza LLP (which merged into Shaw Pittman). During my employment at Shaw Pittman and Fisher Wayland, I have worked in the communications area and have conducted research on a number ofprojects.
2. I prepared the exhibit entitled "Political and Social Issues in Entertainment Programming." The exhibit consists of a representative listing ofpolitical and social issues covered, by episode, in several recent popular entertainment programs. This information was compiled from the synopses ofvarious programs listed on the website www.epguides.com. I read the synopses and determined ifthe episode contained any political or social issues. This research was conducted between November 6, 2002 and December 2, 2002.
Executed this '".:::>\ day ofDecember 2002.