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Having been a reader and fan of GetReligion, Iâm thrilled and honored to be joining as a contributor. Although Iâve been reading this site since its inception in 2004, my interest in the intersection of religion and journalism extends back a long, long time — maybe even back to the dark era before Terry Mattingly had a syndicated column.
Take the brouhaha that has brewed over comments ESPN NBA reporter Chris Broussard made concerning basketball player Jason Collins publicly coming out as gay.
Sometimes other people do such fine GetReligion-esque media criticism that we just like to point at it and then walk away.
At this point, it seems that mainstream journalists have decided that the Womenpriests movement deserves a slow-rolling wave of coverage in which (a) it will clear that the women are operating outside the official borders of the Roman Catholic Church, but (b) the viewpoints of movement leaders will be quoted as gospel truth when it comes time to discuss why the nasty male church leaders believe what they believe.
Does journalism matter? Not as much as it once did â if audience numbers or circulation rates are any guide.
Suffice it to say that your GetReligionistas frequently receive emails that sound something like this:
Last week we noticed some embarrassing corrections related to how newspapers described the Epistle to the Ephesians. In the comments, Godbeat veteran Ann Rodgers wrote:
