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January 2013

January 30, 2013

How PR attempt against Life Marchers played out at MSNBC

Earlier this week, I looked at how a PR push from a progressive group called...

January 30, 2013

WWROD: Why do Episcopalians get so much ink?

That "religion guy" -- Richard Ostling, formerly of Time and AP -- has a post...

January 29, 2013

Gays, Boy Scouts and the religion angle

I've been swamped with my regular job the last few days, so I have not...

January 29, 2013

Got news? When is a desecrated memorial a big story?

If you have been reading this blog much in the past week (greeting to the...

January 29, 2013

When is it OK to burn Islamic texts?

We've been critiquing the good and bad coverage of what's been happening to Mali in...

January 28, 2013

Savvy PR firm scores NYTimes coup against March For Life

We've received quite a few complaints about the religion angle the New York Times chose...

January 28, 2013

Foot-long subs vs. March For Life

The Associated Press has a Twitter feed with nearly 1.6 million followers. Those followers received...

January 27, 2013

How to write a bland story about the March For Life

As expected, the journalists at The Washington Post were pretty careful with their coverage of...

January 26, 2013

Kwanzaa, Manti Te’o and respect

I enjoy reading other media critics and ombudsmen, (er, ombudspersons?) and thought about discussing this...

January 23, 2013

Stenography vs. reporting: ‘Bias’ in the Lone Star State

Just the other night, I was watching an old episode of "The West Wing," one...

January 23, 2013

Digging for news in (some) inauguration rites and wrongs

Few paid much attention when a well-known liberal Episcopal priest, the Rev. Luis Leon, delivered...

January 22, 2013

At Obama inauguration, not all religion is biblical

Yesterday was a big day for the country, with the second inauguration of President Barack...

January 21, 2013

BBC misses religious-liberty ghost in St. Francisville, La.

Through the years, your GetReligionistas have gone out of our way to note that it's...

January 18, 2013

Tibet is burning

Let me commend for your reading this AP article by reporter Gillian Wong on the...

January 17, 2013

Sydney Morning Herald has a problem with religious freedom

It is only two weeks into the new year, but I believe we may have...

January 15, 2013

On immigration reform, ‘many’ evangelicals all think alike

On a chilly morning last January, I got up before the sun rose and joined...

January 15, 2013

Hey Telegraph editors: Where’s the Catholic left?

One thing is certain, the facts boldly stated in the headline at The Telegraph are...

January 14, 2013

Anti-gay marriage protests prompt ire of the BBC

The BBC has an extraordinary report on its website detailing Sunday's march in the French...

January 14, 2013

A one-sided ‘cycle of violence’ in Pakistan

The New York Times has a story headlined "Pakistanis Protest the Killing of 86 Shiites."...

January 12, 2013

Pod people: You will know us by the trail of scare quotes

This week's "Crossroads" podcast with host Todd Wilken was recorded much earlier in the week....

January 11, 2013

Syrian sniper offers thoughts on life, death and faith

Anyone who has been to the Middle East, or who has spent much time talking...

January 11, 2013

Muslims believe in adoption, or do they?

The Dallas Morning News ran a tame little feature recently on efforts to recruit Muslim...

January 09, 2013

NYT publishes ‘news story’ on pregnancy centers

The New York Times, a daily publication that claims to "Publish All the News That's...

January 09, 2013

Who’s this guy giving Obama’s benediction?

Two days ago, I wrote a post in which I suggested that the ginormous Passion...

January 05, 2013

Pod people: Looking back at 2012, one more time

I don't know about you folks, but to me is seems like the 2012 news...

January 04, 2013

Symbolic defeat for a Christian business in Maryland

After spending more than a week on the road, I returned home -- as always...

January 02, 2013

Washington Post finds ghost in Russian adoption ban

Now that my husband and I hope to bring more children into our family through...

January 02, 2013

Got news? That other 2012 Supreme Court case

Does anyone out there in GetReligion reader land remember that narrow U.S. Supreme Court decision...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

God save the Tsar

Take up the White Man's burden-- In patience to abide, To veil the threat of...

December 24, 2012

Shocker! Liberal clergy back gay rites! (updated)

What we have here is a totally predictable story, to an almost stunning degree. It's...