Last week, I complained about a front-page Tampa Bay Times story filled with broad generalizations about vague evangelicals advocating immigration reform.
Bang! Bang! Hey, eat some cotton candy!
A front-page headline on the print edition of USA Today that landed in my driveway earlier this week grabbed my attention:
What are the real differences between Mahony and Gomez?
Guess what? There are significant differences in the theological approaches and doctrinal convictions of Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez and his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony.
Dr. Ben Carson's faith makes news, this time
Every now and then, the newspaper that lands in my front yard runs a story about one of the most famous and, for many, most inspirational men currently alive and well and working in Baltimore.
Good angels or bad angels? Should a reporter ask?
It’s time to take a quick jump deep, deep into my ever-growing file of GetReligion guilt before, quite literally, hell freezes over.
Got news? Freeing Saeed Abedini
I’m frequently pondering what makes news and what doesn’t. Take a gander at this Google News page for information about Pastor Saeed Abedini.
Water-sipping and pro-life activism. A tale of media coverage.
Last month, we covered the perennial problem of why the March for Life gets the coverage it does (or doesn’t get the coverage it doesn’t get). And various journalists responded that, well, the March for Life isnât big news, particularly after 40 years, and that the crowds arenât that big of a deal when compared to a weekend of sporting events. One comment, for instance:
Definition, please: Who are these evangelicals?
AP frames Benedict XVI in some warped timeframes
On one level, I am rather disappointed to note that the editors at the Associated Press have already fixed an awesome typo that a Beltway journalist sent to me early today, the one that said the Pope Benedict XVI has, as is common among elderly men, experienced “some prostrate problems” in recent years.
