Please pause for a moment for a short test to use with the copy desk in your newsroom (or the newsroom nearest you).
A short al Qaeda test for copy desks and other editors
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Hypocrite, journalist, Catholic or what? You make the call
I’ve been on the road again this week, only this time headed west to Phoenix to speak at the annual North American Christian Convention. This means I’ve been struggling to catch up with some news events that I wanted to get onto the blog for discussion.
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Just another old-fashioned, fundamentalist way to die? Part III
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Just another old-fashioned, fundamentalist way to die? Part II
As I write, the world continues to await news of the fate of Lebanese-born Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun. The story is getting more confusing by the moment, with Reuters just reporting:
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Finding (first person) ghosts in a stack of newspapers at Heathrow
Sitting on my office desktop is a stack of British newspaper stories full of ghosts. Some easy to see and some a bit dodgy.
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The heavy spin cycle
Thursday’s religion news provided a few troubling examples of church leaders who have a less than firm grasp of reality.
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The church doctor is in
Richard Dujardin of the Province Journal reported Sunday (free registration required) about a Lutheran pastor trained by a rabbi who is helping address conflicts between an Episcopal bishop and her priests.
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Searching for "pottage" in Associated Press style
I am online again briefly in Thessaloniki and, whoa, there’s two ghosts in the same Associated Press story.
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A bomb, an earthquake and a religion story in Istanbul
Greetings from Istanbul. Isn’t WiFi interesting. Just think, someone from NATO security is probably reading this message as I type it. The airport here really is locked down.
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