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April 2013

April 11, 2013

We need answers on Gosnell coverage

We've had a couple posts on the curious downplaying by the national media of the...

April 11, 2013

Some familiar religion-news questions, after 25 years

What are the odds? Several years ago, I realized that I was not really sure...

April 10, 2013

Mainstream press on Gosnell: adjust the framing

Yes, there's more. Abortionist Kermit Gosnell is on trial in Philadelphia for killing a female...

April 08, 2013

Should media cover — or cover up — abortion trial?

I would love to critique the coverage of the trial of Kermit Gosnell, the abortion...

April 04, 2013

Flash! Cardinal says all people created in God’s image

In a way, the existence of the short New York Times story that ran with...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Whoa! Questions about marriage and religious liberty!

Yesterday some of us got a bit academic (and some of us practiced calling people...

March 28, 2013

Got news? Egyptian Copts tortured for some strange reason

Yes, I know that we're talking about a report on Fox News. That fact alone,...

March 26, 2013

Polyamory, pessimism and other same-sex marriage ink

After years of pointing out how unbelievably unprofessional the journalism of same-sex marriage coverage was,...

March 15, 2013

WWROD: Is bad religion-news coverage bad for news biz?

Warning to readers: The following post is blatantly self-serving and includes flattering remarks about the...

March 14, 2013

A press litany: Will Pope Francis just hold that Vatican line?

As always, the gospel according to The New York Times -- in an early version...

March 09, 2013

Pod people: Can journalism be a civilizing influence?

On this week's Crossroads podcast, host Todd Wilken and I talked about recent admissions from...

March 06, 2013

Critical thinking would help reporters cover gay debates

Yesterday we looked at some of this week's worst examples of some major media's trouble...

March 05, 2013

Can the press cover traditionalists with justice and decency?

Thanks to the many readers who sent in kind words regarding my piece last week...

March 04, 2013

That minister of humor unloads on the pope coverage

The thought for the day and, perhaps, for the next week or two, care of...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Bill Keller, et al, openly confess that “error has no rights”

As the debates rage on about you know what -- Washington. Post. Ombudsman. Bias. Column....

February 15, 2013

Pod people: Pope steps down; many journalists fall down

Gentle readers, one cannot make some of this stuff up. So, everyone knows that Pope...

February 12, 2013

Alas, next pope will probably defend same old doctrines

So here is an interesting journalism question for this digital age: What do we do...

February 09, 2013

Lo! A better-than-average Womenpriests story

Your GetReligionistas, as the divine Mrs. MZ once stressed, are way, way, way past the...

February 08, 2013

Puff piece on Office of Faith-based Partnerships

The New York Times has published a letter of reference for the Rev. Joshua DuBois,...

February 03, 2013

Pod people: Making progress on abortion coverage

In this week's Crossroads podcast, host Todd Wilken and I discussed the good and bad...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

We don’t have a free press. Discuss.

With the headline "Stupid Press, Stupid People: Non-Reporting the March for Life," you know Anthony...

January 29, 2013

Got news? When is a desecrated memorial a big story?

If you have been reading this blog much in the past week (greeting to the...

January 28, 2013

Savvy PR firm scores NYTimes coup against March For Life

We've received quite a few complaints about the religion angle the New York Times chose...

January 28, 2013

Foot-long subs vs. March For Life

The Associated Press has a Twitter feed with nearly 1.6 million followers. Those followers received...

December 2012

December 24, 2012

Shocker! Liberal clergy back gay rites! (updated)

What we have here is a totally predictable story, to an almost stunning degree. It's...

December 08, 2012

On same-sex marriage: What is the chief justice thinking?

People who study the dynamics of this U.S. Supreme Court have, from the get-go, assumed...

December 05, 2012

Self censorship at the New York Times

An International Herald Tribune report about Pakistan seems a bit confused as to what constitutes...

December 04, 2012

And now, ironic Episcopal PR from South Florida

I wish there was some way, legally and technically, that I could have GetReligion readers...