Time for a quick trip into tmatt’s infamous GetReligion file of guilt.
So, does Los Angeles need a 'conservative' newspaper or not?
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Breaking the silence on abortion doctors like Kermit Gosnell
Sometimes other people do such fine GetReligion-esque media criticism that we just like to point at it and then walk away.
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Revelations, Books of Psalms and other scriptures
Last week we noticed some embarrassing corrections related to how newspapers described the Epistle to the Ephesians. In the comments, Godbeat veteran Ann Rodgers wrote:
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Today's Epistle reading is from the New York Times
Last week, tmatt reflected on how the above reading at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral was being portrayed by some in the media. It seems some had a rather narrow and inaccurate interpretation of the text.
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That all-but-missing detail about Jeb Bush's life
Catholics here in America have a very intense and interesting relationship with the mainstream press.
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Journalism and the first few minutes after childbirth
There is nothing new about journalists arguing about the loaded language that surrounds our public debates about abortion.
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Paedophilia and the radical left of '68
“Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come”
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Power to hype or downplay: Concerning Kermit Gosnell and the New York Times
Many in the media are indicating that they really want to move on from the Gosnell trial that they’ve struggled to cover — or ignored — from the get-go. You’re not seeing much coverage. Earlier this week I came across a small example that demonstrates how media frenzies are fed or squashed. It’s instructive.
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Covering the religion angle on breaking Boston bombing news
Yes, this has been a bad week for journalism. And many people are complaining. But it’s also been a great week for journalism. I was one of those folks listening in on the Boston police scanner last night and it was so very difficult to make sense of what was going on (though it was absolutely riveting, thrilling and horrifying).
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