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I realize that some of the following information is old news, yet I continue to hear comments from GetReligion readers and friends (and friends who are readers) about the fact that the press isn’t covering the religious left enough.
The Wall Street Journal took on the challenging task Thursday of reporting on and explaining the faith of 2008 Republican Vice Presidential candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin and how it might impact her public policy views. Needless to say, despite the Journal‘s good efforts, more journalistic work remains to be done.
OK, I knew that this was coming. Yet part of me really didn’t want to admit that I knew it was coming.
I’m here in St. Paul, and still processing everything from last night. I was pretty sure there was no way that the Republican National Convention could come even close to the excitement of the Democratic National Convention but last night was truly amazing. We’ll be sure to cover the coverage of the religious angles — although it’s funny that most of the fodder for religion news seemed to come from Rudy Guiliani, of all people.
Out in the heartland, much of the news coverage of Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin has focused on how she has thrilled evangelical voters.
If you had any doubts, it has been proven that we are in an age in which the mainstream press is trying to figure out where the blogging ends and the news begins.
Sally Quinn, the atheist who professed knowing “practically nothing about religion or the internet” when she started the Washington Post/Newsweek religion site On Faith, had a curious admission in her most recent piece. Her essay is about how the news of Bristol Palin’s pregnancy will affect religious voters. She begins by admitting that Sen. John McCain’s pick of Gov. Sarah Palin angered her.
Of all the stories I’ve seen about Bristol Palin’s pregnancy, one stood out as particularly good. TIME‘s Nathan Thornburgh reported on the story from Wasilla, Alaska, and the trip there seemed to have affected him — in a good way.
I have a bookmark set in my browsers that takes me straight to the Los Angeles Times page that contains the newspaper’s religion-news offerings, no matter where they appear in the newspaper.
