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March 2014

March 28, 2014

Can we let Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist rest in peace?

There's no such thing as bad publicity — at least that's how the saying goes....

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 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 19, 2014

Do journalists need to crank up the Phelps vitriol? Really?

At this point, it's pretty clear that coverage of the demise of the Rev. Fred...

July 2013

July 16, 2013

Gay rights, street preachers, and narrative preferences

When I was 12-years-old I developed an unhealthy addiction to Choose Your Own Adventure novels....