Yes, your GetReligionistas are about to jump on Charlie Gibson and ABC News — again — about that serious error that took place in his interview with Gov. Sarah Palin. Actually, we also need to jump on one of Gibson’s defenders, which would be the all-powerful Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. I should stress that I am a huge fan of Kurtz and there are probably more of his books in my Washington Journalism Center course bibliographies than any other mainstream writer. I do not enjoy knocking one of my favorite mainstream journalists.
Why is this "conservative" news?
Thanks, James Taranto (LA Times, too)
Since I thanked Beliefnet.com’s Steve Waldman for his gentle Charlie Gibson smackdown, let me head a tick right of center and thank James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal for doing the same.
Thank you, Steve Waldman
Take it away, oh thou czar of Beliefnet.com (bonking you head on the wall the Divine Ms. MZ has been pounding all day).
Lawless regions in Pakistan?
If you are looking for the Bush White House to drop a bombshell on the fall campaign, keep your eye on the mountains of western Pakistan.
Prayerful promotion for a friend
Rod “friend of this blog” Dreher certainly knows, since he witnessed the falling of the towers and has been stewing in the cultural, political, theological and journalistic implications of those events ever since (as have so, of course, so many other talented writers).
Orthodox ties that bind
If you paid close attention to all of the mainstream coverage of the fighting between Russia and Georgia, you may have noticed that the stories ignored a crucial fact about these two nations.
Good sport award for this week
It is my deep conviction that many religious people, and certainly most conservative Christians, do not “get” the important role that the press plays in a free society — just as many or most journalists do not “get” religion.
"I kill for (blank) God"
This is one of those times when the note from the GetReligion reader really says what needs to be said about a story, in this case an Associated Press report about a killing spree near Seattle.
