This weekend I came across this Tweet from Josh Greenman, the New York Daily News opinion editor:
Does this dog stoning story hunt?
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Beyond divorce's social stigma
Hello, readers. Look at this story, now back to me. Look at this survey, now back to me. Sadly, the story isn’t what you might expect from survey results, but if the reporter checked on some variables, the story might be worth reading. Anything is possible when you consider the religion angle. I’m on a horse.
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Pod people: If Womenpriests were rabbis?
In most of our recent posts about coverage of the Womenpriests movement, such as this piece by the Divine Ms. MZ Hemingway, we have ended up discussing how journalists often struggle to grasp basic historical facts about the Roman Catholic priesthood. In particular, journalists just can’t seem to realize that the Church of Rome is a voluntary association and that to be a priest in this body one must, first and foremost, be in Communion with the pope of Rome and the bishops of that Communion.
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Newspaper requires 10 percent tithe
When it comes to Texas Gov. Rick Perry and his views on religion in the public square, I’ve had my own harsh words but I really had trouble with a news article I read earlier this week from the Houston Chronicle.
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Getting schooled in the First Amendment
The Burlington Free Press has an interesting story with “Fair Haven’s censorship of valedictorian’s speech on God reflects church-state tensions.” But I’m not sure that headline is accurate of the situation. It is an accurate summary of the story, however. It begins:
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Pod people: Name that religion
It’s no secret that GOP leading candidate Mitt Romney is Mormon, and reporters appear so enamored with his faith that they forget to cover the other candidates’ religious affiliations.
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Liberals discuss, conservatives rail
A few readers sent along a Detroit Free Press story by religion reporter Niraj Warikoo about the American Catholic Council, a group of reform-minded Catholics that held its first national conference in Detroit this week.
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Paul Ryan and the atheist bogeyman
As the resident libertarian here at GetReligion, I was curious about the flurry of stories about how a progressive Christian group is fighting Ayn Rand. So even though it ran over a week ago, I’m finally getting to this Religion News Service piece on the matter.
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Pizza with the Dalai Lama
Every once in a while, we come across something that is just too funny to keep to ourselves. Today we are laughing about a TV news anchor’s joke with the Dalai Lama that just fell seriously flat.
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