A few journalistic thoughts while I continue to watch the waves of news coverage rolling in from Egypt:
Watching for religion ghosts in the news flashes from Egypt
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Why atheists who pray should still be called atheists
What do you call someone who reads the Bible, attends church, prays daily, and believes in the existence of the soul, heaven, hell, and life after death? Sometimes you call them “atheists.”
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Painful silences in CBS chat on same-sex marriage rulings
OK, follow me carefully here, because it is especially interesting who passed the following item news along.
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Could it be ... Satan? Not in the news coverage
When abortion rights supporters showed up at the Texas state capitol to protest, the AP considers it worthy of a 800-plus word feature. The headline on Monday was âCrowd Of Thousands Packs Texas Capitol To Protest Abortion Bill.â
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BBC (important) silence on honor killings and Islam
The BBC reports three Pakistani women were murdered by a member of their family for insulting the family honor by “smiling and laughing in the rain outside their family home” . The Corporation does a strong job in detailing the who, what, where and when of this “honor killing”, but continues its policy of hiding the why. The mention of Islam is absent from this story.
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Nolan Ryan's son and the F-word
In his 27-year major-league career, Nolan Ryan regularly fired 100-mph fastballs. He pitched seven no-hitters and struck out 5,714 batters â both records.
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There's more to Egypt's pain than secularism vs. religion
Many GetReligion readers have, I am sure, spent some time today following the urgent news bulletins out of Egypt, where some of the largest protests in the history of the world have been taking place.
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Same-sex marriage and a conscience clash, via CNN
In light of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions on same-sex marriage, CNN’s “Belief Blog” features an excellent story by Godbeat pro Daniel Burke exploring the issue from the perspective of conservative Christians.
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Want balanced coverage? USA Today shows how it's done (this time)
A few weeks ago a study on news media coverage by the Pew Research Center showed that stories with more statements supporting same-sex marriage outweighed those with more statements opposing it by a margin of roughly 5-to-1.
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