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Et tu, Tim? Townsend latest to leave the Godbeat (updated)
In the last few weeks, we’ve highlighted the departures of two respected journalists from the Godbeat.
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Ch-ch-ch-ch Changes again, here in GetReligion land
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Is a global fast for Syria a local news story?
Pope Francis made a global petition on Sept. 1 asking that everyone, regardless of religion or location, to fast and pray during the whole day of Sept. 7 for world peace, particularly in Syria.
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A Scottish tabloid libels the Churches of Christ
Tabloids will always be with us. Few will admit to taking Jesus-shaped potato chips, astrology, Elvis and UFO sightings and Kardashian stories printed by The National Enquirer, the Star, The Globe, the National Examiner and the Weekly World News seriously — but American Media Inc. does quite well for itself by feeding the guilty pleasures of the American public.
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What is the X-factor in Syrian bloodshed? DUH! (updated)
It seems that many networkers in the online world remain fired up about that recent Washington Post explainer that ran under the headline “9 questions about Egypt you were too embarrassed to ask.” That’s the one you may recall, in part because of this GetReligion post, that was the first of many similar mainstream media pieces that have tried to explain the rising violence in Syria without including information about its crucial religious divisions.
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Pod people: 'Conservative' Baptists spark a conversation
In three and a half years, I’ve written 439 posts for GetReligion (this makes 440, I believe). That ranks me No. 5 on the all-time GetReligionista list, with tmatt the Hank Aaron of GR at 3,139 and Mollie next at 2,015.
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Imagine Pope Francis; help artists win prizes
So, unless you have spent quite a bit of time on another planet in recent months, you probably know that Pope Francis is a rock star in global mass media and that condition will probably continue until he stands up in some crucial public-square location — Comedy Central perhaps — and makes a bunch of statements defending Catholic moral teachings.
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Gay rights in San Antonio: simple quote, complex subject
In San Antonio, a battle over a proposed ordinance to add “gender identityâ and âsexual orientationâ to the city’s nondiscrimination code has dominated headlines the last few weeks.
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