With Pope Benedict XVI in town, the media are running with every angle imaginable on the Catholic Church.
Music for the Masses
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What's in a name?
Religion reporters have had some time to reflect on the raid on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Texas.
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B16: Seventh storyline -- sex abuse
I wrote yesterday about the six storylines of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the United States. In their stories this morning, the big dailies added a seventh storyline: the Pope’s Reaction to the Sex-Abuse Scandal.
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B16: Looking back, ahead (updated)
Here’s the text of President Bush’s speech at the White House. Then, here’s the pope’s statement at the White House.
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A haunted story, handled just right
One of our goals here at GetReligion is to find stories in mainstream journalism that are “haunted” by religion ghosts, which we define as a clear religious element or theme that the reporters and editors either didn’t notice or simply ignored.
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B16: From our "no comment" department
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B16: Adding angles to the pope's visit
Tmatt wrote about two storylines in the press so far about the pope’s visit. Daniel added a third. And in their spirit, I will add three more angles.
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The line between news and opinion
A good newspaper editorial page will be staffed by reporters with a drive toward breaking news. Most, it seems, just write bland, predictable opinion pieces in response to the news of the day. So I’m not opposed to seeing a columnist break some news on her beat. I think it can promote some healthy competition with the regular newswriters.
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