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March 2014

March 28, 2014

World Vision, donors, scripture and ‘online speculation’

It took a few days, but the newspaper of record has now produced a solid...

March 28, 2014

Can we let Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist rest in peace?

There's no such thing as bad publicity — at least that's how the saying goes....

March 27, 2014

World Vision finds that new crack in modern evangelicalism

So what about that World Vision story? Several things need to be said right up...

March 26, 2014

Neon Trees rocker says he’s gay — and still Mormon

At some point, coming-out stories about faith-claiming celebrities, musicians, politicians — anyone in the public...

March 23, 2014

Surprise! Dallas Morning News finds a Methodist to quote

Once or twice (or maybe three or four or five times) in recent weeks, we...

March 22, 2014

Do skewed churches deserve skewed coverage?

Funny, isn't it? So many people recoiled in horror at the judgmentalism of the Rev....

March 21, 2014

Do baby elephants dwell on same-sex marriage?

Young Republicans: so stylish and libertarian. So free of cares, except perhaps for weed and...

March 19, 2014

Say what!? A Phelps story even Joe Friday would approve

Bad journalism makes for good GetReligion posts. See "'Fred Phelps has been excommunicated' and other...

March 19, 2014

Do journalists need to crank up the Phelps vitriol? Really?

At this point, it's pretty clear that coverage of the demise of the Rev. Fred...

March 17, 2014

Is it legal to let St. Patrick be St. Patrick? (Plus MZ zinger)

I guess that the crucial question -- at this moment in time -- is whether...

March 13, 2014

Pod people: There really are two sides to every story, folks

The stories we critique here at GetReligion usually fall into one of two categories. First...

March 13, 2014

Concerning all those angry white married men in pews

It's mid-term election time, which means that it's time, once again, for the mainstream press...

March 11, 2014

United Methodism doctrine? Think location, location, location

Sherman, please set the controls of the GetReligion WABAC (pronounced "wayback") machine for the year...

March 11, 2014

Church & state: Double coverage challenge in Seattle

I often ding mainstream media for lapses on religious doctrine. I also criticize them for...

March 08, 2014

Those elusive Devout Catholics™ are back

We have another Devout Catholic™ sighting! That legendary creature, best known to reporters in mainstream...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

Got news? So what’s RFRA got to do with Arizona?

For the past 20 years or so, while watching more and more debates over the...

February 28, 2014

Interview or argument? There’s a difference, CNN

Want to get drunk fast? Watch this video and take a swig of an adult...

February 27, 2014

If at first you don’t succeed … find another source

Tis a lesson you should heed: Try, try again. If at first you don't succeed,...

February 24, 2014

To the barricades! It’s the religious conservatives again!

The reliably liberal New York Times has waved yet another red flag, thinly masked as...

February 21, 2014

The sad story of a priest, a partial-penitent and the press

At this point, it is no longer unusual to read a news story about an...