Misreporting Religion

December 23, 2008 | 4 Comments

Blind Spots and Biases in Media Coverage
By Father John Flynn, LC
Accuracy and objectivity are traits often lacking in the media’s coverage of churches and religion in general. A case in point is the recent Newsweek article on same-sex marriage.
The magazine published a cover story by Lisa Miller in the Dec. 15 [...]

A Catholic bishop in Russia presented a relic of St. Nicholas to a Russian Orthodox bishop during a solemn liturgy in celebration of the saint, as an expression of brotherhood between the Churches.
The Russian feast of St. Nicholas on Dec. 19 was celebrated with special enthusiasm in Kemerovo, as a relic [...]