Every now and then, it’s OK for experienced, skilled journalistic specialists to let their hair down and have a little fun.
Someone's mocking, Lord, kumbaya!
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On hypocrisy
When Mike Jones went to the media with claims that New Life megachurch pastor Ted Haggard had paid him for sex and meth, he said he did so because of Haggard’s hypocrisy. Jones said he felt that Haggard was a hypocrite because he preached against homosexual behavior while also engaging in it.
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What do pagans believe?
In the age of the Internet, what do those sometimes entertaining, often overlooked, free weekly tabloids do to be independent and different from everything else out there? One way is by exploring offbeat subjects that will get overlooked for various reasons in the main paper or television news broadcast.
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On story selection and privacy
I’m not sure if non-journalists understand how much of a news outlet’s work depends on the selection of stories. Here at GetReligion, we tend to focus on problems with the way a given story is treated. Whether it is treated at all is a bigger issue.
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Barabbas, the IRS and church-state law
As we like to note around this here blog, there are issues in church-state law that almost always produce unity among the experts, even among experts on opposite sites of those familiar cultural divides.
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Cheers! Left hits GetReligion tipping point
I don’t know about you, but after carrying a very heavy cyberload all weekend, I could use a bit of lightening up.
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The PB and her amazing technicolor dreamcoat
The Episcopal Church invested a new leader this weekend. Katharine Jefferts Schori was elected the first female presiding bishop in June, and media reports then focused on the milestone. Jefferts Schori’s election also provoked a possible schism in the church because of her vote to confirm the election of a gay bishop, among other things.
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Of Meth and Men
When I saw the transcripts of the Rev. Ted Haggard’s phone message, my first thought was that it sounded more like a call to his dealer. That would have still been a big story but more of a local affair. You know, “Pastor of Megachurch Bought Meth from Sketchy Guy.”
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My spiritual gift is crystal meth
I’m rather speechless about this whole Ted Haggard story. I grew up down the road from his New Life megachurch (pop. 14,000) and have followed his ascendancy for years. I’m rather uncertain what can be said about the media coverage, too.
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