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As I write, the hammer is falling on a hapless editor in the offices of the Moscow Patriarchate for airbrushing a watch off of the wrist of Patriarch Cyril. The doctored photo of Cyril and the disappearing watch has been a gift to the Moscow press corps, prompting a flurry of arch and knowing stories written at the expense of the Russian Orthodox Church.
We usually stay away from critiquing columns here since we focus on mainstream coverage of religion news. Occasionally, though, a columnist will use reporting to make claims about the state of religion.
Many Christians will back to eating chocolate, hopping back on Facebook and, yes, eating meat with Easter upon us today.
That Tim Tebow guy is something else. You would think with all of the New York City media following him around these days, that it would be hard for him to sneak off and make some kind of radical change in his religious life.
You know it’s sad when both the general public (57 percent) and reporters (52 percent) agree that the media does a poor job explaining religion to the broader public. And then two-thirds of the public think religious coverage is scandal-driven, compared to 30 percent of journalists who say the same thing, according to a new study from the Knight Program in Media and Religion at USC and the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron.
A reader sent in this story about Rick Santorum taking a mysterious four day break from his presidential campaign. There was a reference by Santorum himself to a “holiday weekend,” the story didn’t explore whether maybe the break had anything to do with the Triduum.
Once again (shock!), a movie marketed to religious conservatives is making a splash at the box office. This time it’s “October Baby,” about a woman who survives a late-term abortion.
I’ve mentioned my desire for more information on the brutal killing of Shaima Alawadi. And new information we are getting. First, let’s review some of the recent stories about her murder.
