Cracking the Code’s Controversy?
Nellie Day: Kentucky’s Messenger-Inquirer, like many other American papers, tries to present an unbiased look at the soon-to-be film version of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. Instead, Karen Owen Continue Reading →
Tag: religion and media
Religion Reporting Without Religion
The NYT‘s Gardiner Harris manages to report an entire religion story without one reference to religion. And we’re not so sure that’s a bad thing. The story is the latest Continue Reading →
Sermonasaurs
Everybody likes giant, roadside dinosaurs — even folks who believe that dinosaurs disprove evolution. Whatever — a T-Rex by the gas pump? Neat-o. Which is why, no doubt, this story Continue Reading →
Faster, Paula Zahn, Kill! Kill!
CNN’s Paula Zahn jumps on the assassination bandwagon: “Has controversial broadcaster Pat Robertson gone too far, or is he onto something?” More from Jon Stewart‘s Daily Show, offering the best Continue Reading →
Spiritual, But Not Newsworthy
Newsweek‘s spiritual hard-sell. Newsweek‘s “Spirituality” theme issue would barely merit mention as anything other than a crass attempt to peddle holy holy (a la the not one but two times Continue Reading →
A Time Before the Word “Fuck”
Bernard Goldberg became a hero of the right when he published Bias, his insider account of what he argues is CBS’ liberal agenda. Now, he’s back, with another hard-hitting expose: Continue Reading →
A Time Before the Word "Fuck"
Bernard Goldberg became a hero of the right when he published Bias, his insider account of what he argues is CBS’ liberal agenda. Now, he’s back, with another hard-hitting expose: Continue Reading →
13 July 2005 Daily Links
Don’t run, Hillary, don’t run: Amy Sullivan: “Jill Lawrence, one of USA Today‘s campaign correspondents in 2004, has observed that very few political reporters wrote about the way Kerry used Continue Reading →
12 July 2005 Daily Links
Neil Young, Superstar: Doug LeBlanc at Get Religion is reporting that Neil Young and NPR are teaming up to kill God. That’s because Doug doesn’t know that Neil Young is Continue Reading →
10 July 2005 Daily Links
Christianity Ha-Ha: In about 36 hours, 1,000 pastors from around the country are coming to my megachurch, where I have worked for the last six years. They are coming for Continue Reading →