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July 2014

July 22, 2014

The Mosul purge: How good is the media coverage?

The purge of Christians from Mosul in northern Iraq -- home to thriving Christian communities...

July 17, 2014

Pod people: Gunga Galunga goes CNN

Carl: So I jump ship in Hong Kong and I make my way over to...

July 11, 2014

Do the words of the Dalai Lama matter to all Buddhists?

CNN reports the Dalai Lama --the spiritual leader of Tibet -- has urged his co-religionists...

July 09, 2014

Pope’s abuse apology: Media did a fair job, surprisingly

Mainstream media didn't pile onto Pope Francis. I know that sounds cynical -- something like...

July 02, 2014

Yo WPost: Tim Howard saves, but he says with God’s help

I have decided to yield to the inevitable. This morning's digital Religion News Service newsletter...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Roadmaps should guide us, including through Sudan

Sudan may be hard for geography-challenged Americans to find on a map, but Reuters --...

May 2014

May 12, 2014

So #bringbackourgirls is finally a news story! Why now?

At this point, the kidnapped girls in Nigeria are officially "A News Story," which means...

May 06, 2014

Gasp! NYTimes covers the heart of Kennedy’s argument!

Let's hear it for The New York Times, a newspaper that can always be trusted...

April 2014

April 16, 2014

Francis links abortion with abuse, yet press doesn’t follow

The Italian press has placed an interesting interpretation on Pope Francis' Friday comments on the...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

They didn’t even agree on what they disagreed on

Can you have a meeting of minds when you don’t agree on what you discussed...

March 19, 2014

Say what!? A Phelps story even Joe Friday would approve

Bad journalism makes for good GetReligion posts. See "'Fred Phelps has been excommunicated' and other...

March 05, 2014

Silence about terrorism and Islam in the Kunming attack

What was it about the murder of 29 men, women and children on Saturday at...

February 2014

February 22, 2014

Dying children don’t rate religious viewpoints

Belgium is on the map these days, and not for its waffles or Brussels sprouts....

February 20, 2014

Pope Francis doesn’t always sound like Mr. Nice Guy

Dear reporters: You're full of you-know-what. Sincerely, Pope Francis Not quite the missal you'd expect...

December 2013

December 21, 2013

That oh-so-predictable CNN article on ducks and doctrine

So color me confused. At the moment, CNN is hailing this article -- "Does Phil...

December 16, 2013

Isn’t that special? Satan pays a visit to the Bible Belt (updated)

When the devil issues a press release, the media pay attention. Satan has stirred a...

December 09, 2013

The second storytelling rule: Get the name of the church

The first storytelling rule: Get the name of the dog. So says Poynter Institute writing...

December 02, 2013

CNN puts religious liberty in scare quotes, but corrects it

It was one of the most famous First Amendment cases in American history. As the...

November 2013

November 10, 2013

CNN goes long to say little about clergy and Obamacare

In Ecclesiastes 12:12b, we read: "Of making many books there is no end, and much...

September 2013

September 22, 2013

Pod people: Religion and mass shootings

The Crossroads podcast this week was devoted to discussion of covering shootings. And in the...

September 20, 2013

Toasting the Godbeat

Last night the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty honored Eric Marrapodi, manager of CNN's Belief...

September 08, 2013

What is the X-factor in Syrian bloodshed? DUH! (updated)

It seems that many networkers in the online world remain fired up about that recent...

September 03, 2013

Jake Tapper on opinion journalism masquerading as news

I'm a longtime fan of Jake Tapper of CNN, and formerly of ABC News. I...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Hurrah: Learning more about Antoinette Tuff’s religion

The other day I was reading an obituary of Tom Christian, descendent of the Bounty...

August 22, 2013

The heroism of Antoinette Tuff

A reader sent along a link to a story about an amazing woman who talked...

July 2013

July 18, 2013

Media: Pope says retweets spring the soul!

You may have read stories about the Vatican announcing that Roman Catholics may earn time...

July 03, 2013

Could it be … Satan? Not in the news coverage

When abortion rights supporters showed up at the Texas state capitol to protest, the AP...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Media: Remember your filibuster? That was awesome.

The media gushing over Texas filibusterer Sen. Wendy Davis continues in such a way as...

June 25, 2013

Godless congregations copying Christian churches

Every year, approximately 4,000 new churches are started in the U.S. Out of that number,...

June 05, 2013

How should journalists fight back against sacred jargon?

Yesterday, CNN ran a feature highlighting the faith of members of a Bible group the...