{"id":2442,"date":"2005-09-13T09:28:54","date_gmt":"2005-09-13T09:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/09\/get-some-religion.html"},"modified":"2005-09-13T09:28:54","modified_gmt":"2005-09-13T09:28:54","slug":"get-some-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/09\/get-some-religion.html","title":{"rendered":"Get some religion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get Religion has two good posts (okay, lots of good posts, but the two most recent are timely), the first about Palestinians burning synagogues in Gaza<\/a> and the second. along with 40 comments or so, about a Columbia Journalism Review piece which maintains, in essence, that those who critique evolutionary theory don’t deserve "fair" coverage…or any coverage at all:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The piece is called \u201cUndoing Darwin<\/span><\/a>\u201d and the authors, Chris Mooney and Matthew C. Nisbet, argue that American journalists must stop acting as if there is any kind of scientific argument left to cover related to Darwinism. Thus, \u201cfairness\u201d does not apply, since there are no critics of Darwinian orthodoxy worthy of being treated fairly. Thus, all the critics are religious nuts and there is no need to take their claims seriously or present their arguments accurately. It is a lengthy and highly detailed piece and I urge readers to take them seriously and read what they have to say. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And do read all those comments…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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