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September 2012

September 14, 2012

Combating media myths about Muslims

There are so many stories being written about the tragic assassination of our ambassador...

September 13, 2012

Missing the forest for the YouTube video

Much of the media spent yesterday not getting to the bottom of how the American...

September 11, 2012

Shaving Nidal Hasan’s irreligious religious beard

I hope you're having a day that enables some thoughtful reflection on this anniversary of...

September 10, 2012

UMBC’s Habrowski: Who sent him to serve the world?

First things first. I need to state, right up front, that I am the father...

September 10, 2012

Peaceful, conservative, moderate, Islamist clerics killed

Mali has been full of interesting, if tragic, religion news recently and this most recent...

September 09, 2012

Pod people: Civil (religion) wars

On this week's Crossroads podcast, host Todd Wilken and I discuss coverage of some of...

September 07, 2012

Cardinal Dolan’s benediction makes news

I could not have had more fun watching the conventions. Before they began, if someone...

September 06, 2012

Mea Culpa: DNC platform story was a big deal

OK, so I'll begin by thanking everyone for being kind to me. I think it's...

September 05, 2012

That all-powerful, faith-free White House voice?

So, The New York Times ran one of those lengthy news features the other day...

September 05, 2012

Is God absent from the Democrats’ platform?

So I watched all of the Democratic National Convention's first night last night and it...

September 04, 2012

Specifics scarce for Muslim Jumah at the DNC

The Democratic National Convention has started in Charlotte and we're seeing some early religion reports...

September 04, 2012

Shocking words from an elderly Catholic priest

Anyone who follows the Catholic blogosphere knows that there was a major explosion last week...

September 03, 2012

Surprising twist in Pakistani Christian child’s blasphemy case

A few weeks ago, we looked at coverage of the arrest of an 11-year-old Christian...

September 02, 2012

Blunt, messianic language about the Rev. Moon

I will be the first person to admit that I did a double-take when I...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Sometimes a Romney religion joke is just a joke

The last night at the Republican convention was one that included a ton of religion....

August 29, 2012

Helen Parmley, the Dallas diva of the divine

Anyone who knows anything about the history of religion-news coverage in the journalism marketplace knows...

August 29, 2012

Questions about American Taliban and group prayer

Earlier this week, the Associated Press had a nice long story on a Taliban fighter's...

August 28, 2012

Women who support Akin’s rape claims? Not really

One of the best strategies journalists can use when dealing with religious people -- especially...

August 28, 2012

How should the Godbeat be funded?

It's no secret that times are tough for journalism. We keep seeing newspapers laying off...

August 27, 2012

Paper of record or church bulletin of the left?

The New York Times' outgoing public editor -- Arthur S. Brisbane -- wrote his final...

August 24, 2012

Todd Akin interviewer denies blunt attack on Christianity

The most important story this week -- do the math -- has been the reaction...

August 23, 2012

Reporters pretend they’re confused about rape

Earlier today, I highlighted a couple of examples of how the media suffer from some...

August 23, 2012

Akin deluge highlights media struggles with abortion coverage

A few days ago a religion reporter tweeted at us: Will @getreligion cover Todd Akin's...

August 21, 2012

The Economist chides Catholic Church on its finances

When a story uses extra adjectives or adverbs to pretty up a story, you know...

August 21, 2012

Skinny-dipping in the most holy and venerated Sea of Galilee

I believe it was President Obama who once said something about the press corps in...

August 20, 2012

Failing to cover the Christ Our Savior video riot

As you would imagine, I have received a few notes seeking my take, as a...

August 20, 2012

Pakistan’s blasphemy law targets 11-year-old Christian

It is a common critique that residents of one country are disinterested in the goings...

August 17, 2012

Tebow at home (in church) in the Big Apple?

You know that you have moved into true Bible Belt territory when the locals start...

August 17, 2012

Explaining the slight Sikh shooting coverage

When a Neo-Nazi gunman killed and wounded worshipers at the Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek,...

August 16, 2012

The inaccurate ways we portray nuns

One of the most powerful ways we receive and process information is visually. And we...