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December 2013

December 20, 2013

Paparazzi snap model in church, model snaps back

Can't a Victoria's Secret angel slip into a pew without being photographed from the altar?...

December 19, 2013

Pondering duck doctrines and our bubble-bound media elite

Let's see. Where should we begin on this oh-so-bizarre morning? What will it be, Pope...

December 03, 2013

Joe Jonas unplugged begs for good reporter and editor

Purity rings, an Assembly of God church breakup, suit-wearing and pew-sitting. Mandatory attendance on Sunday...

November 2013

November 24, 2013

NYTimes: Mouseketeer-turned-Pagan-turned-Christian trip

One of the staples of evangelical Christianity -- at least so far as I can...

November 23, 2013

For BBC, Doctor Who faith is real, but never really Christmas

“Go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken...

November 14, 2013

Billy Graham’s 95th birthday bash: Happy or harpy?

In the 1984 hit movie "Sixteen Candles," Molly Ringwald's character, Samantha Baker, awakens on what...

October 2013

October 17, 2013

Luke Russert on snark, journalism, faith and easy targets

Let's start the day with a quick thought from Luke Russert of NBC News, who...

September 2013

September 17, 2013

Seeing through a famous glass cathedral, rather dimly

The 2010 bankruptcy of Crystal Cathedral Ministries, founded in 1955 by the Rev. Robert H....

August 2013

August 23, 2013

Americans prejudiced against Al Jazeera?

The new cable news channel Al Jazeera America is drawing a lot of major media...

August 21, 2013

Should CNN editor accept religious liberty award?

A Religion Dispatches blog post this week noted that CNN Godbeat pro Eric Marrapodi will receive the first...

August 02, 2013

Yes or no: This school has a Catholic doctrinal covenant?

Let's start with an informal quiz. Raise your hand if you think it would be...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

NPR’s curiously biased quest for the historical Jesus

Did you know that Jesus wasn't really God? Despite what his disciples claim, he never...

July 22, 2013

The controversial mind and Lebanese soul of Helen Thomas

As I have mentioned before here at GetReligion, at the time of the Sept. 11...

July 03, 2013

Painful silences in CBS chat on same-sex marriage rulings

OK, follow me carefully here, because it is especially interesting who passed the following item...

June 2013

June 22, 2013

Media MIA: Mother Dolores Hart’s love for Jesus

It's the question that echoes between the lines of mainstream news features about the life...

June 11, 2013

Bali, bikinis, Miss World and fear of Islam’s ‘extremist fringe’

I would like to ask a journalistic question and I want to stress that this...

June 05, 2013

WPost Style manages to print an interesting EWTN story

Whenever your GetReligionistas pick on the Style gods at The Washington Post -- primarily with...

May 2013

May 24, 2013

Mormonism is a religion, not just a culture

For people serious about their faith, religious beliefs tend not only to influence other types...

April 2013

April 23, 2013

Behold: A pretty fair tribute to George Beverly Shea

Longtime GetReligion readers may recall that I grew up in Texas in the 1960s and...

April 15, 2013

M-O-D-E-S-T: A key word for Annette the Catholic

As you would expect in a world that remains obsessed with all things Baby Boomer,...

April 04, 2013

Flash! Cardinal says all people created in God’s image

In a way, the existence of the short New York Times story that ran with...

April 04, 2013

CBS: John the Baptist was at the Crucifixion

In our discussions on the New York Times' whopper of an error (and weird correction),...

March 2013

March 13, 2013

Yes! Pope Francis is not from Europe! (updated)

All together now: Raise your hands if you wanted to throw something at the television...

March 04, 2013

Inside the History Channel’s epic TV miniseries ‘The Bible’

This is one of those GetReligion follow-up posts where we basically say, "See, was that...

March 04, 2013

That minister of humor unloads on the pope coverage

The thought for the day and, perhaps, for the next week or two, care of...

March 03, 2013

Two items of GetReligion biz (prayers for George, please)

Let me share two items with readers this weekend, both of a personal nature. The...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Bill Keller, et al, openly confess that “error has no rights”

As the debates rage on about you know what -- Washington. Post. Ombudsman. Bias. Column....

February 17, 2013

Scripture verses: reporters’ Kryptonite?

The Media Research Center found this clip but I thought readers here might get a...

February 05, 2013

Ugh — when ‘reality’ TV looks inside clergy homes

I know, I know. "The Sisterhood" is a reality television show about pastors' wives. I...

February 04, 2013

The New York Times’ Conservative love affair

The New York Times may not love American conservatives, but they are certainly enamored with...