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2013-06-17T12:15:20-04:00

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Crush Davis wrestles with anger issues, with God’s help

Last updated on: June 17, 2013 at 12:15 pm By tmatt

I realize that GetReligion readers have repeatedly demonstrated their lack of interest in the world of sports or, at the very least, media coverage of stories that mix faith and sports. I remain a pretty intense sports fan, based in Baltimore. So it’s rather remarkable that the newspaper that lands in my front yard not only produced a major story about the life and faith of hotter than hot Orioles slugger Chris Davis (hello Red Sox fans), but put it... Read more

2013-06-16T20:22:38-04:00

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Pod people: media struggles mightily with abortion coverage

Last updated on: June 16, 2013 at 8:22 pm By mollie

On this week’s Crossroads, host Todd Wilken and I discussed that embarrassing BuzzFeed confusion — or defiant ignorance, really — about basic and widespread traditional Christian teaching on evil. We also discussed the curious way in which the Washington Post is downplaying even local abortion “crime” stories. Three abortion doctors had their licenses suspended after the death of a woman who had an abortion but The Washington Post just doesn’t find that newsworthy at all. Honest. I mean, they ran... Read more

2013-06-17T11:15:58-04:00

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Are gay blinkers distorting the New York Times on Vatican?

Last updated on: June 17, 2013 at 11:15 am By geoconger

The New York Times is shocked, shocked to hear Pope Francis say there is a gay lobby at the Vatican. The suggestion that a gay mafia exists within the Curia has been a major news item in Italy and has generated stories round the world. The reactions have been diverse — and have reinforced the stereotypes of the major news outlets. The New York Times‘ report is thorough, earnest and a bit dry, but misses the real story. Some of... Read more

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2013-06-15T16:25:52-04:00

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Hurrah: CNN names some of the ghosts in Gezi Park

Last updated on: June 15, 2013 at 4:25 pm By tmatt

The coverage of events in Turkey roll on and on and the mainstream press continues to treat this as a simple clash between the moderate Islamic stance (whatever that means) of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a hip, young, urban secular vision of at Turkey looking toward Europe and the future. If only things were that simply. The other day I dug into a very religion-free report in The Los Angeles Times (click here for a refresher). The Times... Read more

2013-06-14T16:13:41-04:00

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It’s summertime, and GetReligionista life is complicated

Last updated on: June 14, 2013 at 4:13 pm By tmatt

Yes, it’s summertime (sing along with the voice of my teen years in Port Arthur, Texas) and, to cut to the chase, the living ain’t easy right now for your GetReligionistas. There is no reason to bother you with the details, but several of us are currently facing medical complications that will involve multiple trips to multiple doctors in the coming days. Add that to the fact that, as regular GetReligion readers will recall, Father George Conger continues to wrestle... Read more

2013-06-17T21:56:47-04:00

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Hey! It’s journalists mangling scripture day! (UPDATED)

Last updated on: June 17, 2013 at 9:56 pm By mollie

David Brooks wrote a very Brooksian column for today’s New York Times about how our culture was more dynamic when there were competing status hierarchies and how our current situation of one hierarchy means that the successful are less haunted by their own status and the less successful have nowhere to hide. Now, normally we pay no attention to opinion pieces because our concern here at GetReligion is how straight news about religion is reported. But the column included this... Read more

2013-06-14T13:36:05-04:00

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Got news? Is a global ‘war on Christianity’ newsworthy?

Last updated on: June 14, 2013 at 1:36 pm By Joe Carter

Would it be newsworthy if a U.S. Senator claimed in a public address that American taxpayer dollars are being used in a war against Christian believers in — to pick one key region — the Holy Land? Apparently not, since Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) made that claim yesterday at the Faith and Freedom Conference and the media has all but ignored it. As James Hohmann of Politico reports: “There is a war on Christianity, not just from liberal elites here... Read more

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2013-06-14T14:03:05-04:00

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RNS blames Catholics for Anglican ecumenical ills

Last updated on: June 14, 2013 at 2:03 pm By geoconger

Opinion presented as fact dominates several stories in the run up to today’s meeting of Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. Some of the stories are crafted as news analysis pieces. This BBC story begins with fact and then transitions into the analysis, using the phrase “our correspondent said” to demarcate the line between the two. The reader may choose to accept the reporter’s interpretation, or not. Some stories like this report from the Religion News Service as printed... Read more

2013-06-13T20:04:55-04:00

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On Tim Tebow, ‘spirituality’ and stating the obvious

Last updated on: June 13, 2013 at 8:04 pm By tmatt

Here we go again, sort of. Now, I live in the land of purple and black here in Maryland, home of the World Champion Baltimore Ravens (it’s still fun to say that), where if anyone asked the local faithful to nominate a few candidates for the role of Antichrist, New England coach Bill Belichick would be right near the top of the list. Thus, the announcement that You Know Who had signed with the Patriots (Tim Tebow plus Patriots; get... Read more

2013-06-13T11:17:24-04:00

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Child euthanasia in the European press

Last updated on: June 13, 2013 at 11:17 am By geoconger

A front page story in the Monday edition of the Brussels’s daily De Morgen on a Belgian Senate committee’s deliberations on whether the country’s laws should be extended to permit the euthanasia of children and dementia patients has created a buzz on pro-life and political websites. American commentators picked up the story after the Presseurop website ran an English language summary of the story entitled: “Another step towards euthanasia for children”. Writing in National Review Online Wesley J. Smith captured the... Read more

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