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2014-08-29T15:11:40-04:00

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No peace in our time for the Ukraine

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 3:11 pm By geoconger

One hundred years from now, when the history of these past few months in the Ukraine have been told and retold, what will be the key points scholars will discuss in their analysis of events? Will it be John Kerry’s or David Cameron’s or Angela Merkel’s diplomatic initiatives? I think not. Who today remembers the names or the diplomatic moves of the French or British Foreign Ministers during the Sudeten crisis? (George Bonnett and Lord Halifax). We remember Neville Chamberlain,... Read more

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2014-08-29T15:11:41-04:00

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How not to cover a Bible Belt sex-education debate

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 3:11 pm By tmatt

Let’s assume that many if not most professionals in an elite newsroom in Southern California — The Los Angeles Times, perhaps — will be tempted to believe that they know more about sex than most parents and educators in the Bible Belt state of Mississippi. Safe assumption? My goal here is not to settle that question, so please do not click “comment” just yet. If the leaders of this newspaper decided to write a news feature on sex education in... Read more

2014-08-29T15:11:41-04:00

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And for a change, a ‘Noah’ movie story that sails smoothly

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 3:11 pm By Bobby Ross Jr.

Last week, I criticized USA Today’s fast-food cheeseburger of a story on the religious controversy over the new “Noah” movie. Today, I want to praise the filet-mignon level of coverage served up by CNN’s Belief Blog and Godbeat pro Daniel Burke. Before I do so, I must confess that I have not seen the movie and may not make it soon, as I still need to catch the new Muppet and “Veronica Mars” flicks. Plus, baseball season just started (if you’re a... Read more

2014-08-29T15:11:42-04:00

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Lessons from Waco: Some folks just don’t get religion

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 3:11 pm By tmatt

Even after a small stack of best-selling books, Malcolm Gladwell remains what he has long been — a master of magazine-form journalism. After scores of recent interviews in which he has talked about his return to Christian faith, there is evidence that he plans to focus his talents on topics linked to religion news, perhaps building toward a new book. Count me among those who hope this comes to pass. On one level, Gladwell’s lengthy New Yorker piece entitled “Sacred... Read more

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2014-08-29T15:11:42-04:00

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Archbishop sells his fancy digs; NYTimes digs a bit deeper

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 3:11 pm By tmatt

What we have here is a very solid New York Times story about a somewhat controversial issue in the life of the Roman Catholic Church. Let me repeat that, for regular GetReligion readers who may have fainted. What we have here, under the headline “Bishops Follow Pope’s Example: Opulence Is Out,” is a very solid story about the trend among Catholic prelates to down-size their lives a bit, when it comes to the cost of their housing. In fact, I... Read more

Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory

Pope Francis

The New York Times

2014-08-29T15:11:43-04:00

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Some finger-waggling about a Catholic school story

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 3:11 pm By Jim Davis

The scowling, scolding, dogmatic nun is among the few stereotypes that persist in otherwise sensitive, all-accepting society. So it’s important for media to guard against perpetuating such images. This is true especially when reporting public complaints against nuns, as in a recent story in The Charlotte Observer. On one level, the article merely reported a furor over an address by a Dominican sister at Charlotte Catholic School. Parents were angry that Sister Jane Dominic Laurel was said to have spoken against... Read more

2014-08-29T15:11:43-04:00

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Pod people: Hobby Lobby and the Mennonite angle

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 3:11 pm By Bobby Ross Jr.

On this week’s episode of the GetReligion podcast “Crossroads,” host Todd Wilken and I discuss media coverage of the Hobby Lobby case. Or — as our editor Terry Mattingly asked recently — is it really the Hobby Lobby case? From tmatt’s post: Now, I realize Hobby Lobby is a nationally known brand and that this punchy name fits better in a headline than that of Conestoga Wood, the cabinetmaking company owned by a Mennonite family in Pennsylvania that is also part... Read more

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2014-08-29T15:11:44-04:00

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The obvious gap in that NYTimes report on sexual abuse

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 3:11 pm By tmatt

Almost a year ago, The New York Times launched a series of web-only video-and-text features called the Retro Report. The goal of these short documentaries is, apparently, to help readers by filling in the gaps on complex, ongoing stories. While these short features have been identified as “columns,” the content — at least to me — seems to be rather ordinary news analysis work. The key is that the goal is to give readers a summary of background facts and... Read more

clergy sexual abuse scandal

Leon Podles

The New York Times

2014-08-29T15:11:44-04:00

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So how many gay bishops are there in England?

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 3:11 pm By geoconger

Spinning a news story is not as easy as it seems. Too light a touch and an author fails to convince his audience of the merits of his cause. Too much can spin the ball out of the author’s control — touching upon so many issues and arguments that readers may become enamored with the “wrong” issue. Take Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will. Aesthetically a beautiful film (and evil too), it fails as propaganda for any but the true believer... Read more

2014-08-29T15:11:44-04:00

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

Last updated on: August 29, 2014 at 3:11 pm By Richard Ostling

PAUL ASKS: (Regarding the World Vision relief agency deciding U.S. employees can live in same-sex marriages): What does the Religion Guy think? THE RELIGION GUY ANSWERS: This question was prompted by that dramatic policy change by a prominent Christian organization, but a mere two days later World Vision restored its limit of employees’ relationships to male-female marriage. A news reporter’s job isn’t to tell agencies what to do but to analyze what’s going on, and The Guy thinks these neck-snapping... Read more

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