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July 2014

July 29, 2014

Lovers and labels in coverage of same-sex marriage ruling (updated)

Update: Yikes! One of the drawbacks of media-criticism-on-the-go is the possibility of writing a post...

June 2014

June 10, 2014

What? You thought Francis, Peres and Abbas really prayed?

Let's state this in journalistic terms. What? You thought that the mainstream journalists covering the...

May 2014

May 23, 2014

Worst religion story of the year? AP trashes Phil Robertson

Sigh...no context, just a quick Associated Press gotcha blurb. Yep, that reader's email to GetReligion...

May 15, 2014

How much religion news can fit in 300-500 words?

Given your short attention span, I'll make this brief. And I'll get right to the...

April 2014

April 04, 2014

About that ‘complex’ doctrine Catholic teachers must follow

Imagine this lede atop a national wire service story: CINCINNATI (AP) — Parochial teachers are so...

February 2014

February 13, 2014

Ghosts haunt AP story on Boy Scouts of America

When my oldest son was a Boy Scout, the entire experience was couched in church...

December 2013

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...

November 2013

November 18, 2013

Blessed corpses — and holy ghosts — after typhoon

Here's my nominee for "Most Bland Headline of the Weekend." It appeared atop an Associated Press report:...

October 2013

October 19, 2013

Another one-sided AP same-sex marriage story

Case closed. The Associated Press has decided, apparently, that stories need to include only side....

September 2013

September 04, 2013

AP embraces cliches, labels in seminary prez profile

Yawn. Sorry, I just finished reading The Associated Press' feeble attempt at profiling Albert Mohler...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

Results vary as media follow Rick Warren’s return

Over the weekend, Rick Warren returned to the pulpit for the first time since his...

May 2013

May 15, 2013

Ready! Set! Be bored by Illinois’ same-sex marriage debate!

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life's "Religion News on the Web" page is one...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

Gays, Boy Scouts and the religion angle

I've been swamped with my regular job the last few days, so I have not...

January 18, 2013

Tibet is burning

Let me commend for your reading this AP article by reporter Gillian Wong on the...

January 04, 2013

Mixing scales of justice and songs of praise

Strange, strange, strange — like something out of a John Grisham novel. That was my...