The following is a picky little post about a story that kind of got under my skin today. It’s a human-interest story that, on one level, is about sports.
Tampa Bay tear jerker: A 'former' Baptist pastor?
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Round II: The Los Angeles Times ignores Supremes, covenant too
There were quite a few logical journalistic questions to ask after my post about the teacher who was fired by a Catholic school in Glendora, Calif., after his very public same-sex marriage to his long-time partner.
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Yes or no: This school has a Catholic doctrinal covenant?
Raise your hand if you think it would be acceptable for a Muslim school to fire a teacher who, after years in the classroom, went public with her commitment to Zionism?
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Daily News is the winner! The worst religion story of the year
While struggling to find words to adequately describe the worst religion article of the year, I was reminded of a brilliant exchange in an otherwise atrocious movie, Billy Madison.
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Washington Post: Virginia law highlights stupidity of home-schooling
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The moral (and news) authority of Desmond Tutu
An article at BBC.com on the launch of a United Nations-backed campaign to promote gay rights in South Africa is a perfect example of the kinds of difficulties that mainstream journalists face when reporting on world figures who have left the public eye.
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Time out for all California sexual-abuse cases?
It’s time for a quick dip into tmatt’s massive file of GetReligion guilt, the cyber-place in which I stash stories that I really wanted to critique, but other things (papal visits, health issues, my own travel, etc.) jumped in the way.
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Results vary as media follow Rick Warren's return
Over the weekend, Rick Warren returned to the pulpit for the first time since his son’s suicide nearly four months ago.
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Snickering at FoxNews while getting duped by 'Zealot' author
Many of us who came of age during the birth of New Media are reflexively defensive about the medium’s journalistic credibility. We defy the outdated notion that real journalism is printed on paper or broadcast on TV screen. Quality journalism is as likely to be found on a blog as in a newspaper or in a web video as on a cable news channel.
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