Get Religion is a national and global journalism site focusing on how the mainstream press covers religion news in politics, entertainment, business and sports.
To understand this post, you will need to see the photo that accompanied the USA Today news feature that ran under an A1 headline stating: “Shifts detected in support for death penalty.”
Joel Osteen is taking the nation’s capital by media storm, drawing a Beltway-size dose of attention in advance of a big event at the Washington Nationals’ ballpark this weekend.
I’ll be the first to admit that, as a guy from a family that bleeds green and gold, I am slightly freaked out that Baylor University’s Robert Griffin III (that Heisman Trophy guy) will soon be the quarterback for the Washington Redskins. I mean, I dislike the owner of the Redskins almost as much as I dislike the owner of the Dallas Cowboys (as a Tom Landry fan, I still have anger issues).
It’s pretty interesting to read the obituaries of Charles Colson by those who were alive during Watergate and those who weren’t. It’s clear that some reporters are stuck in the 1970s, apparently unaware of how the state of evangelicalism was shaped by Colson’s complex life and legacy.
Charles Colson, who we discussed earlier this week, has died. Due to his significance in American life and his age, many papers had obituaries ready. The New York Times described the man this way in the lede:
In the latest print issue of the conservative Christian magazine World (which arrived in my mailbox a few days ago), editor-in-chief Marvin Olasky makes the case that The Associated Press is “desperately seeking Pulitzers” and relaxing its news standards in a way that will result in “more bias.”
As you may have heard, Charles Colson is in poor health and facing death. Here’s how Yahoo wrote it up:
