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As we discussed the other day, many media reports about the Vatican document cracking down on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious went with the angle that the report “stunned” or otherwise surprised the sisters. I suggested that reports should do a better job of explaining that surprise.
To understand this post, you will need to see the photo that accompanied the USA Today news feature that ran under an A1 headline stating: “Shifts detected in support for death penalty.”
MSNBC host Martin Bashir has a show that the cable network pitches as “Martin Bashir takes viewers across America and the globe to uncover the hidden side to the dayâs events, with thoughtful and provocative interviews with the people youâre talking about.” It turns out it’s even worse than it sounds.
Time magazine will celebrate its “Time 100” tonight in New York City, complete with the keynote from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
So what is the mainstream press to do with President Barack Obama’s refusal — so far — to take a clear stance on gay-rights issues, especially same-sex marriage?
Yesterday, as we were discussing a particularly helpful, if brief, discussion about the Vatican document regarding the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, reader Martha wrote that she agreed that the PBS discussion I highlighted was good:
With how many newspaper editorial pages expressed outrage over the Vatican’s paper on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, something tells me we’ll be looking at the mainstream news pages’ take on things for a while to come.
On this week’s Crossroads, host Todd Wilken and I talk about one of my favorite subjects: journalism.
It’s pretty interesting to read the obituaries of Charles Colson by those who were alive during Watergate and those who weren’t. It’s clear that some reporters are stuck in the 1970s, apparently unaware of how the state of evangelicalism was shaped by Colson’s complex life and legacy.
