Anti-Religious Bias

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CNN Boosts NY Daily News's 'Provocative' Anti-Prayer Front Page
December 3rd, 2015 1:03 PM
Three CNN programs on Wednesday night and Thursday morning promoted the anti-prayer front page of the New York Daily News: "God Isn't Fixing This." Unsurprisingly, pro-gun control anchor Carol Costello quoted from the liberal newspaper's headline and sub-headline on Thursday's CNN Newsroom: "It's gotten a lot of buzz this morning...It reads, 'God Isn't Fixing This,' and slams [Ted] Cruz and other…

Media, Politicians Mock Prayer After Shooting: ‘F**k Your Prayers’
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December 3rd, 2015 12:22 PM
Immediately following the shooting in San Bernardino yesterday, many people offered up their prayers for the victims and their family members. In response, many liberal journalists and politicians took to Twitter to mock prayer as “ineffective” and called for conservatives to “shut up.”

Bozell Slams New York Daily News's Decision to Mock People of Faith
December 3rd, 2015 11:27 AM
Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell issued a statement today blasting the New York Daily News for their cover mocking people of faith for praying in the wake of the tragedy in San Bernardino, California.
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MSNBC Lets Lefty Pundit Smear 'Thoughts & Prayers' Line Post-Shooting
December 3rd, 2015 7:44 AM
In addition to his hours-long Twitter tirade on Wednesday attacking God-fearing people for offering their “thoughts and prayers” in reaction to the San Bernardino, Think Progress contributing editor Igor Volsky capped off his day on the 11:00 p.m. Eastern edition of MSNBC’s All In where host Chris Hayes gave him the floor to pontificate about how “all we hear from these people is thoughts and…
NYDN Trashes ‘Cowards’ Praying After Shooting; 'God Isn't Fixing This'
December 2nd, 2015 11:31 PM
As if they didn’t have any shame already, the far-left New York Daily News tabloid gave readers on Twitter a sneak peek of its Thursday cover in which it lashed out at God-fearing people as “cowards” for praying in the wake of the San Bernardino, CA shooting when, in their minds, “God isn’t fixing this.”

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CNN Equates Peaceful Pro-Lifers With Crazy Colorado Shooter
December 1st, 2015 4:23 PM
CNN's Gary Tuchman, on Monday's Anderson Cooper 360, played up that to "the perpetual sadness of the employees" of a New Jersey abortion facility, "their building is a target." He also let the center's executive director and communications director smear all pro-lifers as potential terrorists. Cooper set the tone of the report with a graphic that ran during his lead-in, which showed pictures of…

Sports Media Mocks Tebow Over Break-Up Due to Abstinence Pledge
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November 29th, 2015 10:36 PM
Tim Tebow’s relationship with former Miss USA model Olivia Culpo is over. Because, according to reports, Culpo is upset that the couple isn’t having sex, since Tebow has decided to remain abstinent until marriage.
Shock: NPR Airs Positive Story About Catholic Saint, Forgiveness
November 26th, 2015 10:20 AM
John Burnett's Sunday report on NPR's Weekend Edition about a nationwide tour centered around a Catholic saint certainly stands outs, as the liberal radio network has a long record of hostility to Christianity in general and, specifically, Catholicism. Burnett spotlighted how the remains of "Saint Maria Goretti, patron saint of purity and mercy, drew tens of thousands of the faithful" across the…

10-Year Dive in Relative Media Mentions of 'Christmas Shopping Season'
November 24th, 2015 11:31 PM
As we head into the Christmas shopping season, yours truly regrets to inform readers that the relative frequency of late-November media mentions of the "Christmas shopping season" is at the lowest level in all of the years I have been tracking it — probably meaning that it's at an all-time low, period.
This is Year 11 of an effort which began in 2005. Each year has involved Google News searches…

Maher Mocks 'Jesus Freaks,' God's Fingers in 'Every War in History'
November 21st, 2015 2:57 PM
On Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher, host Maher closed the last show of the season mocking Dr. Ben Carson and other "Jesus freaks" as he used a quote from Dr. Carson about "God's fingers" pushing him to the presidency, with the HBO host charging that God has been to blame for "every war in human history," including the Paris terrorist attacks.
Before giving his anti-religion commentary,…
Sally Kohn: Christian Fundamentalists, ISIS, Perpetually Hostile
November 20th, 2015 3:07 PM
On Friday, Sally Kohn took to The Daily Beast to argue that we should all be heartened by the fact that “The Religious Fundamentalists Are Losing.” In making her case, Kohn compared Christian ‘hardliners’ – you social conservative ones who are pro-life and pro-traditional marriage – with DAESH, or ISIS as many in the West know it.
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Colbert Deems GOPers Aren't Christians Due to Refugee Stance
November 20th, 2015 12:25 PM
On the heels of news that he’s slipped to third place in the network late night comedy show ratings due to his alienation of right-leaning voters, Late Show host Stephen Colbert proved why it’s the case on Thursday as he accused Republicans of not being Christians for wanting to put a hold on the U.S. accepting Syrian refugees, contending it's comparable to the KKK as an example of Christians…
Salon Shocker: #PrayForParis Makes Liberals Uncomfortable
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November 19th, 2015 4:11 PM
Never interrupt a liberal when he’s being superior in public – especially not if you’re going to bring your sky god into it. That is the takeaway from a recent article on (where else?) Salon.
In light of the terror attacks in France, #PrayForParis was one of the many ways people on social media responded to the events to show their support. Seems perfectly fine right? Not to Salon. You see,…

Canadian Columnist Slams 'Selfish' Believers for Praying for Paris
November 13th, 2015 7:41 PM
Doug Saunders, a leftist international-affairs columnist for Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, attacked the many people on Twitter who were calling for prayers for the citizens of Paris in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the French capital on Friday evening.