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9780195374377

Blind Spot When Journalists Don't Get Religion

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195374377

  • ISBN10:

    0195374371

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-11-14
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

Why do the media so often miss or misunderstand major news stories? One reason is that, in today's complex and pervasively religious world, understanding religion is vital in accurately reporting and interpreting current events. The authors of Blind Spot argue that all too frequentlyjournalists and commentators do not take religion seriously and therefore fail to grasp the religious context of the news. Blind Spot's essays examine news stories reported by major media sources in which key religious dimensions were ignored, overlooked, or misrepresented. These stories range from the 2004 U.S. presidential elections, to Iran, Iraq, and the papal succession. Blind Spot offers all readers -- whetherpeople of faith or not -- an interesting and balanced analysis of the news media's uneasy relationship with religion and religious issues.

Author Biography


Paul Marshall is Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom. Lela Gilbert is a freelance writer and editor who has authored or co-authored more than sixty published books. Roberta Green Ahmanson is an award-winning journalist and co-author of Islam at the Crossroads.

Table of Contents

Contributorsp. xi
Forewordp. xvii
Background
Introductionp. 3
God Is Winning: Religion in Global Politicsp. 11
Case Studies
Religion and Terrorism: Misreading al Qaedap. 31
Three Decades of Misreporting Iran and Iraqp. 47
The Faith-Based Human Rights Quest: Missing the Storyp. 65
"Misunderestimating" Religion in the 2004 Presidential Campaignp. 87
The Popesp. 107
Jesus Christ, Superstar: The Passion of the Pressp. 129
Getting It Right
Getting Religion in the Newsroomp. 145
Getting It Rightp. 159
Afterwordp. 173
Notesp. 179
Indexp. 211
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