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October 2012

October 17, 2012

About that Jesus’ wife thing (Part 2)

Yesterday we noted some of the micro-problems with the latest story that was to shake...

October 16, 2012

A non-journalistic flight to heaven and back

In the past week of so, I have received a number of requests for a...

October 16, 2012

About the whole Jesus’ wife thing (Part 1)

Remember that front page New York Times story about Jesus' wife? Yeah, about that ......

October 15, 2012

Why didn’t Catholic bishops call Biden out by name?

I'm on the road right now, in Montana, and haven't had a chance to catch...

October 13, 2012

Pod people: saying goodbye

Friends of GetReligion, it is time for me to tip my hat and say farewell....

October 12, 2012

Yes, you can ask tough questions of pro-choice candidates

Last night was the only Vice Presidential debate we'll get in this cycle. Almost all...

October 11, 2012

The anti-Semitic focus of French terrorism

You may recall media coverage regarding a kosher market in a suburb of Paris that...

October 10, 2012

Man plots to blow up 48 Oklahoma churches

Frequently when we read stories about lone wolf terrorist attacks, there's the specter of mental...

October 09, 2012

About that Archbishop Nienstedt conversion quote (updated)

It's time for another update from the "framing religion as politics" beat, care of The...

October 09, 2012

Some religious denigration is better than others

Back when the Obama administration was still claiming that they believed the assassination of the...

October 08, 2012

Get hexed? From our ‘no comment’ department

Let me be honest with you. I am not sure how to start this post....

October 08, 2012

Replacement referee goes to church. But which church?

A reader brought to our attention an interview of replacement referee Lance Easley by James...

October 07, 2012

Got news? ‘Pro-choice terrorist’ pleads guilty

Among the many tragedies of the polarization over abortion is the fringe figures on both...

October 05, 2012

Boundaries on reporting on religion and politics

Yesterday I told you about the pre-conference to the Religion Newswriters Association annual conference being...

October 04, 2012

Hundreds of Godbeat journalists hit the Beltway

The Religion Newswriters Association annual conference is being held over the next few days here...

October 03, 2012

Define ‘evangelical’ … Give three examples

Late one night last week, while I was attending a journalism conference in Kiev, I...

October 03, 2012

Blaming Islamists for a journalist’s kidnapping

When I first read that journalist Austin Tice had gone missing from Syria after August...

October 02, 2012

Ghosts appear when IKEA disappears women

What's the world coming from if you can't cater to Saudia Arabian consumers by airbrushing...

October 01, 2012

Mitt Romney’s surprising next church

Last week we looked at the story about Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid saying Mitt...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

We’re all blasphemers now

Never a dull moment on the religion news beat. And the latest clash is a...

September 26, 2012

God forbid, an 8 percent increase in dubious claims

During the political conventions a few weeks ago, we commented on some disparate coverage of...

September 25, 2012

Harry Reid is giving lessons on Mormonism

It is never news when a Huffington Post blogger says that Mitt Romney, or any...

September 24, 2012

Missing ghost in this Crystal Cathedral story?

The Orange County Register has a story headlined "Former Crystal Cathedral pastor defaults on home."...

September 23, 2012

Americans underestimate Protestant population

A few months ago we looked at a survey that showed that the vast majority...

September 21, 2012

The Boy They Couldn’t Kill

Go read Sports Illustrated's "The Boy They Couldn't Kill." It is far and away the...

September 19, 2012

Oh, for a follow-up question to Justice Thomas

Anyone who has ever tried to do media criticism knows that it is so, so...

September 19, 2012

Christmas comes early with ‘Jesus’ wife’ story

Readers of GetReligion are familiar with that mainstream media holiday tradition of releasing news stories...

September 18, 2012

Sacrificing journalism on altar of gay advocacy

A few weeks ago, departing New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane said something everybody...

September 17, 2012

Journalism means never having to say you’re sorry

In comments to my post this weekend suggesting a few angles for coverage of Muslim...

September 15, 2012

The missing anti-Muslim movie stories

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting, if completely unsurprising, update to the stories about...