At first glance, I had high hopes for a CNN story out today with the headline “Pastor fights HIV stigma in Southern town.”
Do they think Catholics are stupid?
I know we’ve seen a lot of bad media coverage of the changes to the wording of the Roman Catholic liturgy in recent weeks. But could we pause for a moment to just note how awesome it is that we’re seeing coverage of this in the first place?
About that new Mormon PR blitz...
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, either because you haven’t paid close attention or don’t live in one of the areas currently being bombarded with ads, but the Mormon church has launched a flashy new public relations campaign. The Mormon church running ads is not new, but an article by The New York Times’ Laurie Goodstein explains why this campaign is different:
Tick, tick, tick ... Mass confusion update
Marian Mission to Moscow and the New York Times
Who was the first journalist? Who was the first to adopt the intellectual and moral code that guides the craft of reporting? My vote would be for the Athenian historian, Thucydides, who wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War in around 420 BC.
Pod people: Decoding "Christian college"
Greetings from the mountains of North Carolina, where the big news is that the library is closed. Thus, this “Pod people” update comes to you care of the free wifi in the wonderful Hilltop Restaurant in beautiful downtown Burnsville. Let’s hear it for diners with wifi AND multiple items the Orthodox can eat in Nativity Lent!
Turkey thanks with a little religion
Leave it to the experts to tell us how to deal with the in-laws, the five pounds we’re bound to gain and the tragedy of whatever football teams lose today.
