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Critics Blast Religion News Covers: Time’s Pope Piece, Newsweek’s ‘Saint’ Sarah Palin Story
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Nicole Neroulias
The religion beat has suffered more than its share of budget cuts and turnover in recent years, so I was pleasantly surprised to see both major American weekly news magazines feature faith-based cover stories recently. Unfortunately, religion and journalism experts have found plenty of overgeneralizations, missed angles and other problems with both Time magazine’s May 27 piece on “Why…
Documentary Explores U.S. Evangelical Influence on Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill
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Nicole Neroulias
If you’re interested in learning more about the role that conservative religious leaders — including Pastor Lou Engle and other American evangelical Christians — have played in Uganda’s efforts to pass a harsh anti-gay law, check out tonight’s “Missionaries of Hate” episode of Vanguard, a documentary series on Current TV. (You may recognize it as Al Gore’s…
Happy Mother’s Day 2010, Despite Disappointing Research Results
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Nicole Neroulias
Mother’s Day, which falls this Sunday, is technically a secular holiday, but a range of denominations incorporate it into their worship services each year. Check out Beliefnet’s Mother’s Day 2010 page for inspirational quotes, prayers and other links for the occasion. Not to be a Debbie Downer, but on a related note, two studies have…
Pope Watch: Public Editor Defends NYT Coverage of Abuse Scandal
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Nicole Neroulias
In his weekly column yesterday, New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt defended the newspaper’s coverage of the Catholic Church’s clergy sex abuse scandal. The NYT has received hundreds of letters complaining about its investigation, mainly from lay Catholics who agree with high-ranking church officials that the coverage unfairly and erroneously links Pope Benedict’s current and former…
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