Let’s see. Where should we begin on this oh-so-bizarre morning?
Pondering duck doctrines and our bubble-bound media elite
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The Independent asks why report when you can reprint public relations?
How do you respond to a smear? If you are the Independent you respond with a smear of your own, it seems.
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Scouts pledge 'duty to God;' reporter draws a blank
The highly contentious issue of the Boy Scouts of America and gay scouts became a religion story because so many Scout troops and Cub Scout packs are sponsored by churches, synagogues and other houses of worship (click here for previous GetReligion links). Indeed, members of the Religion Newswriters Association voted it the ninth-most important religion story of 2013.
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Latest coverage from the church of The New York Times
Few news consumers would be surprised that the journalists at Baptist Press frame their coverage of controversial moral and cultural issues in a way that supports the doctrines affirmed by the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest non-Catholic flock of believers.
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On Pope Francis: What matters most is, 'Who am I to judge?'
Pope Francis has been warned. The powers that be at Time magazine have named him the Person of the Year, but they are watching him carefully to make sure he measures up to their expectations.
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Did Father Donald Timone ever say, 'Pray away the gay'?
Not that long ago, our own Mark Kellner took at look at the New York Times coverage of a rather prestigious Catholic school in the Bronx that did something very controversial, at least in the newsroom of the great Gray Lady. The leaders of Cardinal Spellman High School invited a Catholic priest to speak at the school for a specific purpose — to defend Catholic moral teachings on sexuality.
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A same-sex marriage story that makes you go hmmmmm ...
Here at GetReligion, we’ve repeatedly highlighted the apparent new normal on mainstream media coverage of same-sex marriage.
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Pod people: The Los Angeles Times cheers for United Methodist 'reform'
If readers want to know where The Los Angeles Times stands on the issues the loomed over the United Methodist Church trial of the Rev. Frank Schaefer, all they have to do is read one summary passage in a recent update.
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Reuters skips a key detail in Israel's wedding wars -- divorce
Everybody loves a wedding, or so culture would have us believe. However, according to a report from the Reuters news agency, not every Israeli likes the wedding options available in that country:
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