In commenting on previous posts about the Super Bowl, GetReligion reader Evagrius has been quick and consistent in reminding us that football is just a “bloody, brutal and violent” game that has nothing to do with religion or Christianity. I respectfully disagree about the religion part (what sport in America has more religious people in it than football?), but that does not mean that the concerns Evagrius raises are not covered by the media, and many of them have a lot do with moral issues.
LA Times mangles the Anglican timeline
CCM digs deep into tmatt's closet
Fellow journalists, may I ask you a question? How would you feel if something that you wrote 25 years ago suddenly came swimming out of the digital mysts of the World Wide Web without warning?
Happy birthday to us (a trio of years)
NFL shuts down church Super Bowl parties
How ironic is it that it took the National Football League’s strict adherence to federal copyright law to make hundreds of churches across America notice the commandment that says you should “Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy”?
Hypocrisy exposed!
So imagine that a prominent advocate of traditional marriage was exposed for having sex with someone he was not married to. Let’s say he had an affair with the wife of one of his employees. Let’s say he was married at the time but was divorcing his wife.
The power of the "tmatt trilogy"?
As we have mentioned in the past, it is very rare for local television stations to have a Godbeat specialist in their newsrooms. Sadly, it is just as hard to find a religion-beat professional in a national-level broadcast newsroom.
NYT gets Islam in the suburbs
Congratulations once again to The New York Times for its excellent coverage of American Islamic issues. If only it would devote like coverage to other religions, like maybe Christianity.
Father, forgive them
The relationship between the public and the press is important. The public relies on the media to give vital information about governments, medical breakthroughs, environmental threats and public safety. The media rely on the public to consume the news and keep the industry going. The relationship isn’t perfect, as evidenced by regular polls showing the cynicism that Americans feel toward the mainstream media.
