Recent Posts Tagged With 'media'

• How to Write an Anti-Atheist Hit Piece

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 05:36 in media

  Disclaimer: I am using the article referenced in this post to demonstrate the point I am trying to make about the manner in which the sort of anti-atheist hit pieces with which we are all too familiar are written. I am not claiming that the author of...

• Of Course Fox News is Not News!

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 05:25 in media

  Image via WikipediaWhen representatives of the Obama administration recently said that they did not regard what Fox "News" does as news, most of us reacted with some variation of, "Well, duh!" The best description of what Fox does that I've yet heard...

• Twitter\'s Actions Reprehensible, Not Censorship

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 16:57 in media

  Image via WikipediaWhen Twitter removed "no god" from their list of trending topics, the online atheist community immediately started buzzing. Atheist bloggers and Twitter users alike complained of Twitter's censorship. Twitter's action in this matte...

• Do Good Works Balance Clergy Sexual Abuse?

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 05:29 in media

  Image by bobster855 via FlickrIn the face of scandal after scandal, many of which involve the sexual abuse of children followed by systematic and well-organized attempts to conceal the crimes and ensure the perpetrator ready access to more victims, o...

• American Media Failed Us Before Iran and Iraq

  Posted on Sunday August 16th, 2009 at 09:30 in media

  Image via WikipediaA big story over the past couple of years has been the impending demise of the U.S. newspaper industry. In our current recession, we have seen many big newspapers close their doors and many of the most prominent require bailouts of...

• News Corp and GE CEOs Put End to Olbermann-O'Reilly Feud

  Posted on Saturday August 1st, 2009 at 07:58 in media

  Image via WikipediaIt is difficult to imagine how freedom of the press can be reconciled with corporate ownership of virtually all media. After all, why would any self-respecting media baron want one of his so-called news programs to present negative...

• A Christian Response to Celebrity Deaths

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 13:05 in media, atheist-theist dialogue

  Image by Bearman2007 via FlickrI do not spend as much time as I might like reading Christian blogs. I know what you're thinking, but some really fascinating stuff can be found on some of them from time-to-time. I was curious how Christians were react...

• Confronting Hate Speech

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 05:23 in media

  Like many of you, I have been following the recent debate over the possible influence of right-wing hate speech on the recent acts of domestic terrorism. When we see people shooting up churches, murdering physicians, or attacking the Holocaust Museum...

• CNN Facing Backlash for Lack of Iran Coverage

  Posted on Sunday June 14th, 2009 at 10:44 in media

  Image via WikipediaI certainly expected more from CNN last night as they essentially ignored what was happening in Iran. Like many others, I turned to Twitter to learn about the aftermath of the election. Now it appears that CNN and other American me...

• Twitter Brings News From Iran

  Posted on Sunday June 14th, 2009 at 08:43 in media

  For reasons which I personally cannot fathom, the American media seems to have decided that the Iranian election and it's aftermath were either not newsworthy at all or simply a minor story not worth interrupting regular programming. After seeing rep...