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Righteous winds and prayer warriors

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As soon as I heard Sen. Barack Obama’s speech to Northern Virginians this week, I was sure we would have to do a post criticizing media coverage of it. The speech had some strong religious imagery, and in the past, religious references from politicians have been scrutinized and picked over. Here’s how the Washington Post covered the rhetoric:


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This week in Meacham

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Time for a confession: I am not so bothered, as a matter of journalism, by Jon Meacham’s two recent cover essays for Newsweek. Terry critiqued Meacham’s previous essay, and I’ll reflect more on this week’s essay, “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Blue.”


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The Hispanic Protestant swing vote

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Okay, everybody. Hang in there. We have just a couple weeks left for election coverage. Add an extra couple of days for mainstream media freak outs or rejoicing and then, hopefully, we’ll have a bit of a respite.


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You take the good, you take the bad

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The Los Angeles Times ran two stories about the California marriage proposition that deal heavily with religion. The first is a puff piece — a pro-same-sex marriage press release, really — about the gay weddings a rabbi has performed:


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