Upside Down: NY Times Lauds Lefty Talarico vs. 'Heretical' Right Wing
Monday’s New York Times brought more “strange new respect” for Christianity, in a 1,600-word story by Lisa Lerer, national political reporter, and Elisabeth Dias, national religion correspondent, pumping up yet another Democratic candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas, where the Democrats haven’t won a stateside office since 1994. This time there’s a religious angle, and the paper,…
NY Times Goes 'Conservative' Label-Crazy on Kavanaugh in Lead Story
The Brett Kavanaugh confirmation saga has led the New York Times back into its bad old distorted labeling habits, in which stories included the term “conservative” as often as they included conjunctions. Friday’s front page led off with “Religious Right Wary of Delays On Court Pick – Threatening to Sit Out Midterm Elections.” The 1,600-word story contained a whopping 15 “conservative” labels, a “…
TIME Religion Reporter: Sorry, Media, Pope Francis Isn't Changing Mind
It's amazing how eager the liberal media are to interpret anything Pope Francis says in a way that maximizes its potential as a sign that the pontiff is close to eschewing millennia of orthodox Christian teaching because of the shifting winds of public opinion. My colleague Matthew Balan noted such in his story yesterday, "CNN Grasps to Find Silver Lining for Liberals in Pope's Pro-Traditional…
