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March 2014

March 04, 2014

So, AP does its part to pin Nazi salute on Trail Life boys?

I doubt that many news consumers who do a quick read of the recent Associated...

March 03, 2014

Sharp reporting exposes anti-Israel PCUSA study

I once made a Presbyterian leader sputter. Didn’t mean to. I just asked a question...

February 2014

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 22, 2014

Dying children don’t rate religious viewpoints

Belgium is on the map these days, and not for its waffles or Brussels sprouts....

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...

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 19, 2014

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere: hymns and happy hour?

"Beer with Jesus" might have fallen off the country music charts, but the trend has...

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 16, 2014

Seeking the sympathetic critics of Bob Jones University

As any journalist knows, institutions -- secular or religious -- do not like to talk...

February 13, 2014

Ghosts haunt AP story on Boy Scouts of America

When my oldest son was a Boy Scout, the entire experience was couched in church...

February 12, 2014

That faceless, mysterious flock of atheists in Guitar Town

One of the rules here at GetReligion is that we really, really try to understand...

February 12, 2014

Newsflash! Not all Catholics think alike!

Hey! Did you know that a lot of Catholics actually disagree with church teachings? To...

February 11, 2014

United Methodists fighting over gay marriage — period?

Maybe it's because I covered religion in Colorado during the 1980s, but I find it...

February 05, 2014

Fetal distraction: Spinning abortion numbers

Abortions have fallen to their lowest rate since the Supreme Court enshrined it as a...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

New bishop in Harrisburg: One story, one side, one problem

OK, gentle readers, once again I need to stress that the following post on a...

January 27, 2014

Debate at NYTimes: Was the March For Life news or not?

One of the most difficult concepts in journalism to communicate to people outside the field...

January 24, 2014

Hey NYTimes: Please study the timeline of abuse in Chicago

Back in my graduate-school days, I attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, after spending...

January 24, 2014

Shocking! Baptist says wives should ‘submit’ to husbands

Courtesy of The Washington Post, let's all prepare to hyperventilate. This news will shock you...

January 23, 2014

Concerning that Milbank column and the WPost news report

First of all, to those who have written or tweeted on this: Yes, your GetReligionistas...

January 22, 2014

Is pro-life state of the union homily a story? In Francis era?

As I type this with my cold fingers (starting at about 12:30 p.m.), the sun...

January 21, 2014

Religion ghosts in the politics of abortion? Obviously …

It happens at least once a year. A GetReligionista will write a post about media...

January 20, 2014

NYTimes offers labels-free look at key free-speech fight

Anyone who has read GetReligion for, oh, more than a week knows that we are...

January 20, 2014

Breaking news (again): Bible Belt divorce rates high

News travels fast. Sometimes. In 1999, The Associated Press reported on Bible Belt states battling...

January 17, 2014

LATimes pours out its love for the ‘spiritual’ Williamson

A positive news story about a political newcomer isn't unusual. Newspapers and television outlets do...

January 14, 2014

Reuters editors read mind of Pope Francis on abortion

So, GetReligion readers, it is time for short religion-news quiz. Raise your hands (or click...

January 14, 2014

NYTimes late to the story on ‘Women at the Pulpit’

Proving that when there isn't really news, one can perhaps manufacture some, The New York Times...

January 12, 2014

Concerning that strange, lost Sports Illustrated Tebow epic

We are running out of football Sundays in this National Football League season, so I...

January 08, 2014

Wives, submission, web traffic and Candace Cameron Bure

Candace Cameron Bure, darling of '80s sitcom television, is all grown up. In case you're...