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Getting off on the wrong foot

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The San Francisco Chronicle had a story out of its Washington bureau that shows the importance of checking information you get from a press conference. Apparently the progressive Center for American Progress had an event about the fight for gay rights in Uganda. The event featured New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson and a former Anglican bishop of Uganda named Christopher Senyonjo. (In years past, his name was frequently spelled Ssenyonjo.)


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Sally Quinn's dinner party

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Newsweek/Washington Post‘s “On Faith” religion section has not gone without criticism in these parts. We want newspapers to cover more religion news, and cover it better. The “On Faith” site treats religion as an interesting topic for discussion at a civilized dinner party with mostly liberal guests. Somedays the guests are really interesting and add value to the discussion and other days you wish they’d stop drinking and head on home.


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Does Time need to say, 'We're sorry'?

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Guilt is a heavy burden sometimes. Every now and then, I tear a long article out of a mainstream magazine or journal that clearly deserves comment and put it in the front pocket of the shoulder bag that I carry while commuting. The longer and more complex the article — or the more horrible its contents — the more likely it is to linger in the bag, caught in layers of guilt that get harder and harder to crack.


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Helen Thomas undone

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Thomas, who covered every president since the second Adams, was undone when the above footage surfaced online of Thomas telling the Jews to “get the hell out of Palestine” and go back to “Poland, Germany … and America and everywhere else.”


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Celibacy, NPR and Journalism 101

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I’m no expert on the issue of celibacy and Catholic priests. Fortunately, I don’t need to be to critique an NPR Morning Edition report headlined “Letter From Priests’ Lovers Reignites Celibacy Debate.” A Journalism 101 student could handle this post.


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