Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion

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Overview


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 frequently journalists 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 ...

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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 frequently journalists 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 -- whether people of faith or not -- an interesting and balanced analysis of the news media's uneasy relationship with religion and religious issues.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780195374360
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publication date: 11/14/2008
  • Pages: 240
  • Product dimensions: 9.30 (w) x 6.10 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

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

Contributors xi

Foreword Michael J. Gerson xvii

Part I Background

Introduction Paul Marshall 3

1 God Is Winning: Religion in Global Politics Timothy Samuel Shah Monica Duffy Toft 11

Part II Case Studies

2 Religion and Terrorism: Misreading al Qaeda Paul Marshall 31

3 Three Decades of Misreporting Iran and Iraq Michael Rubin 47

4 The Faith-Based Human Rights Quest: Missing the Story Allen D. Hertzke 65

5 "Misunderestimating" Religion in the 2004 Presidential Campaign C. Danielle Vinson James L. Guth 87

6 The Popes Amy Welborn 107

7 Jesus Christ, Superstar: The Passion of the Press Jeremy Lott 129

Part III Getting It Right

8 Getting Religion in the Newsroom Terry Mattingly 145

9 Getting It Right Roberta Green Ahmanson 159

Afterword John J. DiIulio Jr. 173

Notes 179

Index 211

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