World Ends Tomorrow: Women and Minorities Hit Hardest!
New York Times on gay Pakistan
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Shock: Bishops decide to defend Catholic tradition!
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Is "marriage equality" our term, their's and everyone else's?
Back in May, I noticed a curious decision by some media outlets to scare quote the term “religious liberty.” Religion News Service defended the use of the scare quotes. Contributor Mark Silk had one defense and editor Kevin Eckstrom had another, writing:
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When Bible Belt atheists go to church
Here in my home own state of Oklahoma, that’s the basis for a religion story in today’s Tulsa World. The headline grabs readers’ attention this way:
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Reporting on gay marriage in Spain
Laying out the front page of the November 7 issue presented a few problems for the Madrid daily El PaÃs. Journalists at Spain’s largest circulation newspaper (345,000) began a walk out this week after management announced that it was cutting 139 of the paper’s 460 posts. Those who still had jobs would see their pay cut by 13 per cent.
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The ghost of Prince William County
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Spies of the Balkans
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God, gang graffiti and gunfire in L.A.
A heartwrenching story appears on the front page of today’s Los Angeles Times (see a television report here) on a worshiper killed outside a church:
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CNN attempts to bifurcate Jesus
I was reflecting on the interesting election coverage we experienced over the last year(s) and how the religion angles were handled. After 2008, perhaps we can agree that religion angles were handled better in this cycle. Which is not saying much.
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