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April 2014

April 07, 2014

Codewords are much easier to find than Waldo

Before dissecting this MSNBC story, let's pause for a round of Spot the Codewords. Start...

April 04, 2014

Brendan Eich nailed for his generic, private, anti-gay beliefs?

Yes, yes, yes, I know. Just try to imagine the mainstream press coverage if Brendan...

April 04, 2014

Sister Jane, chapter 2: Observer still favors the protestors

Remember the fracas over a speech by a nun at a Catholic school? Well, they...

April 02, 2014

Some finger-waggling about a Catholic school story

The scowling, scolding, dogmatic nun is among the few stereotypes that persist in otherwise sensitive,...

April 01, 2014

So how many gay bishops are there in England?

Spinning a news story is not as easy as it seems. Too light a touch...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

World Vision’s gay firestorm and A.D. 2064

PAUL ASKS: (Regarding the World Vision relief agency deciding U.S. employees can live in same-sex...

March 31, 2014

When you wish upon a trend … it’s no longer news

Sometimes, anecdotes are a wellspring for indepth reporting. Other times, it just leads to wishful...

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

They didn’t even agree on what they disagreed on

Can you have a meeting of minds when you don’t agree on what you discussed...

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 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 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 16, 2014

Dominican posts handy guide to Pope Francis press myths

Every now and then a scribe at some other weblog (and we're not just talking...

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

Giving both sides a voice in Methodist same-sex debate

Maybe you've noticed, but your normally friendly GetReligionistas get grumpy when newspapers write one-sided stories....

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...

March 06, 2014

Dallas Morning News advocacy journalism, the prequel

Pardon me, Dallas Morning News. We underestimated you. I'll explain what I mean in a...

March 04, 2014

Dallas paper advocates for Methodist same-sex marriage

Let's try this again. I thought Tamie "wife of this blogger" Ross had a catchy...

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 26, 2014

Mea culpa: Houston, this time the problem was me

I screwed up. In a post Tuesday, I reported wrongly that the Houston Chronicle managed only...

February 25, 2014

Houston, we have a Presbyterian ‘evangelist’ problem (correction)

Correction: The Houston Chronicle's coverage was much more extensive than reported below. Read our apology...

February 21, 2014

Religious freedom vs. gay discrimination in Arizona

Here we go again. In Arizona, a religious freedom bill has riled gay rights supporters, as The...

February 20, 2014

Pod people: Local vs. national press on religious liberty

Proposed religious liberty exemptions for wedding vendors — such as bakers, florists and photographers —...

February 18, 2014

Flowers, cakes and objections to same-sex weddings

In two recent posts — here and here — I critiqued media coverage of proposed...

February 17, 2014

Report both sides of the story, unless you’re HuffPost

A bill dealing with gay weddings is being hotly debated in Kansas, but not in...