It’s always nice to see a writer on some other site cut loose and give the “GetReligion” treatment to media coverage.
All protests not equal, time after Times
Time for a trip into the tmatt folder of guilt about a media-criticism issue that, let’s face it, could be reviewed year after year, world without end. Amen.
God so loved the Super Bowl ...
Mike Tomlin, minus some heart and soul
In the two weeks leading to the Super Bowl, armies of world-weary journalists pour out oceans of ink in utterly predictable stories about the two teams that are playing in The Big Game.
More pornstars and the pulpit
On Sunday I complained about how all but the rarest coverage of XXXChurch — and there has been a lot of coverage of its National Porn Sunday, from NPR to TMZ — has failed to take Craig Gross’ anti-porn Christian organization as much more than a novelty.
On seminaries: Time ignores the obvious
A decade or two ago, in a previous ecclesiastical lifetime, I was asked to speak at a national gathering of Episcopalians who had been ordained as permanent deacons. In other words, most of them assisted priests in churches, or played other roles in parish life, after going to seminary. Seminary is the key.
'Eat mor chikin' or not?
The Ted Haggard Show
Ted Haggard might be the story that never dies. Every few months, it seems, the family does something to capture reporters’ attention, whether it’s a media appearance or building their ministry. Julia Duin captured this idea on the Washington Post‘s Under God blog with the headline “How ‘scandalous’ is Ted Haggard now?”
Pod people: Alabama governor & a divine vision
No, we’re not breaking news here. The Alabama governor and the vision from God referenced in the title are separate items. Smile.
