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Give credit to Eric Gorski of the Associated Press. While some reporters don’t get that Catholic prelates are supposed to be able to influence the lives of those in the pews, including their votes at the ballot box, Gorski understands that they can and do.
I realize that some of the following information is old news, yet I continue to hear comments from GetReligion readers and friends (and friends who are readers) about the fact that the press isn’t covering the religious left enough.
The Wall Street Journal took on the challenging task Thursday of reporting on and explaining the faith of 2008 Republican Vice Presidential candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin and how it might impact her public policy views. Needless to say, despite the Journal‘s good efforts, more journalistic work remains to be done.
OK, I knew that this was coming. Yet part of me really didn’t want to admit that I knew it was coming.
I dislike criticizing newspapers stories that are well reported, not to mention detailed and interesting.
I’m here in St. Paul, and still processing everything from last night. I was pretty sure there was no way that the Republican National Convention could come even close to the excitement of the Democratic National Convention but last night was truly amazing. We’ll be sure to cover the coverage of the religious angles — although it’s funny that most of the fodder for religion news seemed to come from Rudy Guiliani, of all people.
A few weeks ago I wrote about an increase in coverage of the “diverse Amish” lifestyles and found it curious that there had been a great deal of minor news articles on various legal conflicts the communities were having with the governments around them. An answer to my curiosity arrived in the form of an Associated Press article on the fact that the Amish have nearly doubled their population in about 16 years.
I tried, really tried, not to add another post to the Sarah Palin parade today. Then the Divine Ms. MZ Hemingway found this piece of strangeness. But MZ is on her way to St. Paul for more freelance work and this online offering from the Associated Press is so interesting and, well, strange, that we really need to air it before the GOP convention tonight.
Out in the heartland, much of the news coverage of Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin has focused on how she has thrilled evangelical voters.
