{"id":181,"date":"2009-01-29T12:06:04","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T12:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/tonyjones\/2009\/01\/ill-be-watching-haggard-tonigh.html"},"modified":"2009-01-29T12:06:04","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T12:06:04","slug":"ill-be-watching-haggard-tonigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/tonyjones\/2009\/01\/ill-be-watching-haggard-tonigh.html","title":{"rendered":"I’ll Be Watching Haggard Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend, Patton Dodd<\/a>, has a piece up on Slate<\/a> in advance of Alexandra Pelosi’s HBO documentary, The Trials of Ted Haggard<\/i><\/a>, premiering tonight.  Patton used to work for Haggard and New Life Church, primarily as a writer and editor, so he writes about Haggard with some authority.  Money Quote from Patton:<\/p>\n

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Two years have gone by with little more than occasional peeps from Haggard, and now he’s back in The Trials of Ted Haggard<\/a><\/em>, an HBO film directed by Alexandra Pelosi, a sort of sequel to her Friends of God<\/em>,
\nthat documents Haggard’s dreary life in exile–no job, no home, no
\nfriends, no ministry. Earlier this week, when CNN’s Anderson Cooper
\ninterviewed Pelosi, he tried to open with a question about the fallen
\nminister’s “spiritual restoration.” Pelosi interrupted Cooper before he
\ncould finish the question, saying she couldn’t speak to Haggard’s
\nmental or spiritual condition. Fair enough. But Cooper’s question is
\nthe right one–for journalists, for Haggard, for his former church, and
\nfor countless other congregations that have suffered similar betrayals.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I spoke to Patton on the phone last night, and one of the more vexing questions in my mind is this: Why is Ted Haggard promoting a documentary about himself?  It seems odd, doesn’t it?  Would Roger Smith promote Roger & Me<\/i><\/a>?  Definitely not.  <\/p>\n

I’d like a journalist to ask Pelosi and\/or Haggard what is the financial arrangement between them, and that might color how we all view this “documentary.”<\/p>\n

Regardless, I’ll be watching it tonight.  And I’ll be interested to read all of your comments here.<\/p>\n

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