Would a major network such as A&E really consider a reality series featuring a millionaire evangelical family?
The Big D's sex-loving, millionaire megapastor
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Duck czar: World-class sinner who has been there, done that
A long, long time ago — pre-World Wide Web — I wrote a column for the Scripps Howard News Service (RIP) and The Rocky Mountain News (RIP) that tried to explain why a very charismatic evangelical leader of national renown insisted on saying that homosexual acts were sinful.
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Paparazzi snap model in church, model snaps back
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Associated Press skirts key element of 'tips for Jesus' story
As anyone who’s done it can testify — or, to be candid, so I’ve heard — waitering is a tough job. People are rude, hours are long, and wages are often sub-sub-minimum wage, all in the hope of getting some tips. Thus it ever has been, apparently, and thus it ever shall be.
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The Independent asks why report when you can reprint public relations?
How do you respond to a smear? If you are the Independent you respond with a smear of your own, it seems.
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Liberal media? Yes, say some journalists
I caught this news via a tweet from Mark Hemingway, half of the former GetReligion power couple (side note: We miss you, Mollie!):
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Ghosts in those one-sided news reports about victims in Syria
Rare is the day that I do not receive at least one or two emails from Eastern Orthodox Christians, or those sympathetic to the plight of Christians in the Middle East, containing URLs pointing toward new reports about alleged atrocities linked to the fighting or acts of terrorism in Syria, Egypt or elsewhere. The common question: Why are these events rarely if ever covered by mainstream news organizations in North America?
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Scouts pledge 'duty to God;' reporter draws a blank
The highly contentious issue of the Boy Scouts of America and gay scouts became a religion story because so many Scout troops and Cub Scout packs are sponsored by churches, synagogues and other houses of worship (click here for previous GetReligion links). Indeed, members of the Religion Newswriters Association voted it the ninth-most important religion story of 2013.
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UK's Telegraph finds atheists in Florida -- film at 11
Here’s a shocker: America is becoming more secular, atheism is on the rise and — get this! — for now there are more observant Muslims than Jews in Florida. Of course, it depends on whether you define a Jew as one who practices the Jewish faith or simply identifies culturally.
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