Get Religion is a national and global journalism site focusing on how the mainstream press covers religion news in politics, entertainment, business and sports.
Good Shabbos. It’s a great day to be wearing my favorite t-shirt. But it’s a tough Sabbath to be an Ultra-Orthodox Jew in Jerusalem. (For last week’s discussion on the use of “ultra-orthodox,” click here.) Since the Israeli Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a religious girls’ school had to be integrated, the Haredim have been causing a lot of trouble in Jerusalem streets.
Did you read about the American who was caught in Pakistan attempting to hunt down Osama bin Laden? As soon as I heard the man was from my home state of Colorado, I became more interested in the details. Dr. Scott Faulkner spoke in defense of his brother, the 52-year-old Gary Brooks Faulkner, to Denver NBC affiliate 9News:
Journalists have long been puzzled over Sarah Palin’s popularity. In November, Newsweek took a stab at the trend with its provocative cover of Palin in running clothes: “How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sarah Palin: How Sarah Palin Hurts the GOP And the Country.”
If you have read GetReligion for more than a week or two, you probably have noticed that we live in the age of the simplistic label. If you noticed that fact, then you also must have noticed that your GetReligionistas are not fond of labels — especially in religion coverage.
OK, sports fans, I am still watching the coverage of Nikki Haley deep down there in South Carolina and, of course, her unique religious background.
The San Francisco Chronicle had a story out of its Washington bureau that shows the importance of checking information you get from a press conference. Apparently the progressive Center for American Progress had an event about the fight for gay rights in Uganda. The event featured New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson and a former Anglican bishop of Uganda named Christopher Senyonjo. (In years past, his name was frequently spelled Ssenyonjo.)
The story of a Catholic woman religious who was disciplined for authorizing an abortion has been percolating for a few weeks. It’s a very sad story and my heart goes out to all involved.
Thomas, who covered every president since the second Adams, was undone when the above footage surfaced online of Thomas telling the Jews to “get the hell out of Palestine” and go back to “Poland, Germany … and America and everywhere else.”
