Let’s begin this post by first looking at a Christianity Today blog post from earlier this week. Here’s a portion:
Brave religious protestors fight the devil in Oak Ridge
My goal is to write a relatively short post about a very, very long Washington Post story, a Style section story that I urge all GetReligion readers to check out.
Joe Carter: From GetReligion reader to scribe
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.
Why is Paula Broadwell's faith such a mystery?
So, does Los Angeles need a 'conservative' newspaper or not?
The Broussard brouhaha and why context matters
Take the brouhaha that has brewed over comments ESPN NBA reporter Chris Broussard made concerning basketball player Jason Collins publicly coming out as gay.
Breaking the silence on abortion doctors like Kermit Gosnell
Sometimes other people do such fine GetReligion-esque media criticism that we just like to point at it and then walk away.
From Reuters: Another by-the-book Womenpriests story
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 to the public these days?
Does journalism matter? Not as much as it once did â if audience numbers or circulation rates are any guide.

