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July 2014

July 18, 2014

Changing climate — of church views on the environment

USA Today has been eroding its standard of short, shallow stories. And for a complex...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

And the Godbeat goes on: Yet another veteran is forced out

Insult + injury? It could look that way, but it was probably just a blunder...

May 17, 2014

About that prophetic USA Today story grilling Mark Jackson

It's time for a quick trip into my very large folder of GetReligion guilt, that...

March 2014

March 22, 2014

Do skewed churches deserve skewed coverage?

Funny, isn't it? So many people recoiled in horror at the judgmentalism of the Rev....

March 07, 2014

Kentucky church gun giveaway story shoots straight

Churches offering free items, services or even doughnuts to their neighbors isn't news. When they...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Wait a minute: First EVER married Maronite Catholic priest?

Several years ago, while working on my contribution to the book "Blind Spot: When Journalists...

November 2013

November 14, 2013

Billy Graham’s 95th birthday bash: Happy or harpy?

In the 1984 hit movie "Sixteen Candles," Molly Ringwald's character, Samantha Baker, awakens on what...

November 07, 2013

This is praise: USA Today church-state story was confusing

Welcome back to the First Amendment wars, an increasingly active front in our nation's Culture...

November 07, 2013

Still another one-sided same-sex marriage story

Here we go again. A major media organization has published still another one-sided story on the...

November 06, 2013

Grossman’s blog is back: Faith & Reason 2.0 at RNS

One of the first signs that the religion beat was in trouble at USA Today...

October 2013

October 12, 2013

An ultra-Orthodox case that is anything but

It's not about religion. So said Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Joseph Gribko in a story...

August 2013

August 19, 2013

Godbeat losing one of its best and brightest

Usually, we critique religion news here at GetReligion. Occasionally, we report on significant developments on...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

Media obsession dangers: Pope and gay priests edition

Ermagerd, everybody! The Pope has renounced all church teaching on everything! Stop the presses! Start...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Want balanced coverage? USA Today shows how it’s done

A few weeks ago a study on news media coverage by the Pew Research Center...

May 2013

May 17, 2013

One, two, trend: Godbeat pros changing jobs!

Here at GetReligion, we focus mainly on critiquing the mass media's coverage of religion news....

May 08, 2013

Media continues to ‘Gosnell’ abortion coverage. Why?

This blog played a bit of a role in highlighting Gosnelling, the media practice of...

May 06, 2013

Pennsylvania reporter shows how to correct error

Last week, a sad news story out of Pennsylvania made the rounds. Originally, it had...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

Journalism and the first few minutes after childbirth

There is nothing new about journalists arguing about the loaded language that surrounds our public...

April 15, 2013

WPost demonstrates how not to respond to Gosnell critiques, again

It's like drinking water from a fire hose. That's what processing all of the information...

March 2013

March 22, 2013

At last! Actual journalism on the same-sex marriage beat

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War. I was...

February 2013

February 20, 2013

Bang! Bang! Hey, eat some cotton candy!

A front-page headline on the print edition of USA Today that landed in my driveway...

February 14, 2013

Are ashes to go a Protestant no-no?

This week's celebration of Ash Wednesday has prompted several stories built around the theme of...

December 2012

December 17, 2012

Coming soon to a TV near you: ‘The Bible’

It only took 2,000-plus years, but 'The Bible" is making news. Seriously, both USA Today and...

December 15, 2012

Pod people: Forgiveness is such a simple word

Forgiveness is such a simple word But it's so hard to do when you've been...

December 12, 2012

Ho ho ho and Merry F-word!

On its Money section cover today, USA Today celebrates a business that's using an R-rated word...

December 06, 2012

Who’s feeding the starving people?

If you're familiar with USA Today, you know that the front page generally features a few...