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As I’m weeks away from my own impending nuptials, the thought of marrying more than one person seems awful — like residing in the Fifth Circle of Hell. Spouses are like noses. If you have more than one, people look at you funny.
Oh the confusing tales that we journalists weave, except when we attempt to deceive by making them too simple.
On the terrorism beat, the big news of the day is that the phrase “martyrdom videos” is showing up in almost all of the leads written about the developments in London.
The New York Times ran a rather shocking article on British Muslim calls to violence. The hook is that the Antiterrorism Act of 2006 makes it a crime to glorify or encourage political violence but that some Muslim leaders are doing just that without government reprisal.
It’s true. One of the reasons people inside and outside the Beltway read The Washington Times is to find out what Republican strategists are thinking. It’s interesting to find out what makes it into the official GOP talking points and what does not.
We have an end to the saga of GetReligion’s request for a correction on that April 9 feature story in The Washington Post, the one that ran with the headline “In Turkey, a Deep Suspicion of Missionaries — Priest’s Killing Shows Complex Ties of Islam to Nationalism in Officially Secular State.”
Stephanie Simon has another great story in Thursday’s Los Angeles Times. She’s the faith and values reporter who consistently hits her pieces out of the park.
OK, I realize that Katie Couric is a superstar, kind of the Anglo Oprah, the touchstone Alpha Female for a generation of people who are seeking some way to find a television news mix that hits the heart buttons out there in the “we’re tired of politics and information” world of middle America.
“British Muslim Leaders Facing Generation Gap,” a Los Angeles Times headline informed us on Thursday. Is this news to anyone? Aren’t most leaders in Western cultures facing a generation gap of some kind or another? I know for a fact that there are gaps between generations [insert snarky comment here].
