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2014-08-29T13:32:02-04:00

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Is Cardinal Dolan’s star fading? NYTimes ‘somes’ it up

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By Jim Davis

I’ve just made up a rule for reading news: The confidence a writer places in an article is inversely proportional to the number of times he/she uses “some.” Such words often substitute for actual findings. I know, because I occasionally did it myself as a reporter. But I’m not sure I used it six times in one story, as did a New York Times article on Cardinal Timothy Dolan and his place in the Catholic power structure. The story’s basic... Read more

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2014-08-29T13:32:03-04:00

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Épater le bourgeois catholique

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By geoconger

Stories about religion seem to do odd things to otherwise sensible reporters. Some news articles ignore the religious element of a story, or they suspend judgment (and belief) and accept without question or examination the claims of religions. In my most recent GetReligion podcast with host Todd Wilken of Lutheran Public Radio I argued the fracas at Harvard University over a Black Mass was a fake story. By saying it was fake, I do not mean that it did not... Read more

2014-08-29T13:32:03-04:00

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Short 30 for 30 slam dunk that gets the faith angle just right

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By tmatt

You have to be a pretty intense hoops fan to remember many of the details of the career of Shawn Bradley. Other than, of course, you know what. Take a look at the YouTube at the top of this post some of the details will come back to you. Or even click here for a short video dedicated to one of the most famous dunks — the Tracy McGrady classic — in which the 7-foot-6 Bradley was, as the saying... Read more

2014-08-29T13:32:04-04:00

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Instructing v. reporting on gay clergy from The Times

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By geoconger

What’s the difference between advocacy journalism and classical, liberal, some would say “objective” journalism? Advocacy journalism tells you what you should think about a news story while old-school liberal journalism sets out the facts of the story and lets you make up your own mind. The first method produces copy that fits a pre-determined template. The second is rooted in professional standards in which professionals strive for accuracy, balance, fairness, etc. A comparison of the coverage by The Times and... Read more

2014-08-29T13:32:04-04:00

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Specific notes of hope, along with the horrors in Nigeria

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By tmatt

I don’t want to turn this into a trend, or anything. Heaven forbid. However, the honorable Bobby Ross Jr. just produced a positive post (horrors) about a news report on Nigeria in The Wall Street Journal and now I am going to do the same thing (horrors 2.0) about a news feature in The Washington Post, also about recent events in Nigeria. Why “horrors”? Primarily because, as a rule, GetReligion readers rarely forward or plug positive posts in social media... Read more

2014-08-29T13:32:05-04:00

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Worst religion story of the year? AP trashes Phil Robertson

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By Bobby Ross Jr.

Sigh…no context, just a quick Associated Press gotcha blurb. Yep, that reader’s email to GetReligion pretty much sums up an atrocious, 135-word piece of AP “journalism” on Phil Robertson of “Duck Dynasty” fame. The headline: New anti-gay remarks by ‘Duck Dynasty’ star emerge The lede: NEW YORK (AP) — A&E has declined to comment on new video of “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson reviving past anti-gay remarks. His comments are included in a sermon delivered at his church in West... Read more

2014-08-29T13:32:05-04:00

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The pope and the Palestinians: AP tries balanced reporting

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By Jim Davis

As Pope Francis prepares to visit the Holy Land this weekend, the Associated Press takes a stab at balance in a story on West Bank Palestinians — a report that nevertheless leaves a number of holes. The story at first walks the beaten path of the Palestinian plight — poverty, crowded camps, unemployment — but for once, it isn’t all blamed on Israel: Many feel increasingly neglected by the Palestinian self-rule government and the United Nations agency responsible for their... Read more

2014-08-29T13:32:06-04:00

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On St. Ruth and the state of Fleet Street religion news

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By geoconger

Sad news to report from the Press Gazette, the trade newspaper for British journalism. On May 16 it announced The Times was eliminating its religious affairs correspondent post, and Ruth Gledhill would be leaving the newspaper after 27 years of reporting on religion. The Times decision to make redundant the religion spot means that there are will no longer be a reporter dedicated to covering religion on Fleet Street. The Press Gazette reported: Fleet Street is to lose its last religious affairs... Read more

2014-08-29T13:32:06-04:00

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NPR asks Vatican experts to discuss hopes of the Orthodox

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By tmatt

Try to imagine a story about crucial, tense talks between Democrats and Republicans that only offered material drawn from interviews with Republicans, even when talking about the beliefs and aspirations of the Democrats. Try to imagine a report about, oh, talks between liberal Episcopalians and conservative Anglicans that only featured commentary from one side or the other (actually, in some mainline publications that’s pretty easy to imagine). Or how about a pre-Super Bowl story that tried to cover the strengths... Read more

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2014-08-29T13:32:07-04:00

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No ghosts in WSJ’s thorough report on Nigerian bombings

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 1:32 pm By Bobby Ross Jr.

Last week, I criticized a front-page Wall Street Journal profile of a Nigerian terror group leader. The otherwise enlightening report missed a key element in the kidnapping of nearly 300 schoolgirls — the Christian faith of the vast majority of them. This week, the same Journal correspondent covered the bombings that killed more than 100 people in that West African nation and absolutely nailed the religion angle. This praiseworthy breaking news report gets right to the point: ABUJA, Nigeria —... Read more

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