02 August 2004 Daily Links
Chris Weinkopf, writing for The American Enterprise, weighs in late on PBS’s “The Jesus Factor.” His verdict: the media is afraid of God and “The Jesus Factor” is a reliable inkblot Continue Reading →
Tag: religion and media
Democratic National Ritual, 2004
By Jay Rosen My fellow academics in journalism and media studies all know his name; too many journalists (and bloggers for that matter) do not. James W. Carey of Columbia University has had Continue Reading →
23 July 2004 Daily Links
B’nai B’rith International issued a statement this week calling on the Jewish community to end all dialogue with the Presbyterian Church, reports Eric J. Greenberg of the Forward. The proposed severence of contact Continue Reading →
19 July 2004 Daily Links
The NYT manages to publish an even less-perceptive report on the Georgia Senate race than The Washington Post. “G.O.P. is Poised to Tighten Grip on Georgia” reads the headline, and that’s about as deep Continue Reading →
Politics and the Religion Reporter
(With apologies to Martha Nussbaum) By Jason DeRose In June of 2004, the Center for Religion and Media at New York University asked me to contribute to a forthcoming series of essays Continue Reading →
12 July 2004 Daily Links
UPN affiliate refuses to air a new reality show called Amish in the City; conservative Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.) says Take that, liberal media! Meanwhile, “Stop ‘Amish in the City’” (what, they should stay on the farm?) Continue Reading →
Re-Branding Revolution
Are media misconceptions of evangelicals about to start working in their political favor? By Kathryn Joyce After The Los Angeles Times reported on the draft of new Christian-political guidelines being considered by Continue Reading →
Re-Branding Revolution
Are media misconceptions of evangelicals about to start working in their political favor? By Kathryn Joyce After The Los Angeles Times reported on the draft of new Christian-political guidelines being considered by Continue Reading →
How to Handicap the Lord
By Jeff Sharlet: Religion in politics: David Brooks “gets it” as usual, and once he’s got it — the political usefulness of faith, that is, not faith itself — he Continue Reading →
18 June 2004 Daily Links
In The Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy tallies the influence religion has on “the two greatest democracies on this planet,” squaring the Pledge controversy in the United States against Indian debates over Hindutva and Continue Reading →