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December 2013

December 31, 2013
The best journalists report what they know — and what they don't. Given the flurry...
December 31, 2013
Do you remember Tom Lehrer, the composer/comedian/mathematician? I have long loved his music, which I...
December 30, 2013
It's often like the force of gravity in American politics and it has been gaining...
December 30, 2013
Christmas comes but once a year, the old saying goes. It's a federal holiday as...
December 29, 2013
This is what passes for news in Washington these days: an immensely famous politician is...
December 28, 2013
I am sure that GetReligion readers will be shocked, shocked to know that the Godbeat...
December 27, 2013
The White's Ferry Road Church of Christ in West Monroe, La., is making headlines these...
December 27, 2013
Basil Fawlty: Can't we get you on Mastermind, Sybil? Next contestant: Mrs. Sybil Fawlty from...
December 26, 2013
Covering speeches is tricky, I tell the students in my reporting classes. A good public...
December 25, 2013
As you would expect, your GetReligionistas do our fair share of traveling and celebrating during...
December 24, 2013
There is such a thing as "low-hanging fruit" in life, and, it turns out, even...
December 23, 2013
Time magazine's exercise in gay agitprop was the focus of  Thursday's Get Religion's Crossroads podcast....
December 23, 2013
It would be hard to find a city in American that contains more historic Catholic...
December 22, 2013
The Baltimore Ravens have been playing some really, really wild football games in recent weeks,...
December 21, 2013
So color me confused. At the moment, CNN is hailing this article -- "Does Phil...
December 20, 2013
Would a major network such as A&E really consider a reality series featuring a millionaire...
December 20, 2013
A long, long time ago -- pre-World Wide Web -- I wrote a column for...
December 20, 2013
Can't a Victoria's Secret angel slip into a pew without being photographed from the altar?...
December 19, 2013
As anyone who's done it can testify -- or, to be candid, so I've heard...
December 19, 2013
Let's see. Where should we begin on this oh-so-bizarre morning? What will it be, Pope...
December 19, 2013
How do you respond to a smear? If you are the Independent you respond with...
December 18, 2013
I caught this news via a tweet from Mark Hemingway, half of the former GetReligion...
December 18, 2013
Rare is the day that I do not receive at least one or two emails...
December 18, 2013
The highly contentious issue of the Boy Scouts of America and gay scouts became a...
December 17, 2013
Few news consumers would be surprised that the journalists at Baptist Press frame their coverage...
December 17, 2013
Here's a shocker: America is becoming more secular, atheism is on the rise and --...
December 16, 2013
Several years ago, during a tour to promote The Media Project book called "Blind Spot:...
December 16, 2013
DUANE ASKS: There are many different versions of the Bible: King James, New International Version,...
December 16, 2013
When the devil issues a press release, the media pay attention. Satan has stirred a...
December 15, 2013
While it's certainly the function of a reporter to puzzle out the essence of a...
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