Passion Confernece Coverage

More than 60,000 young Christians attended the Passion Conference at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta last week.

Here's a round up of news coverage from secular sources.

WXIA-TV
Atlanta Journal Constitution
CNN
WSB Radio
Wikipedia

..and from Christian sources:

Passion website
Christianity Today
Christian Post

Getting Religion

I recently discovered a interesting and provocative web site called Get Religion. The subject matter is the press, news and entertainment media and their understanding of religious stories and issues (and their frequent misunderstanding of the same)

The writers review various stories from the main stream press, as well as local media outlets, and discuss the religious angles to stories that are misunderstood, not noticed, not fully explained, or misinterpreted. They also occasionally note a reporter who got something right!

IMHO, the site is worth a regular reading. I expect to be frequently linking to their stuff.
    

The Basic Flaw in All the Polls.

In a post by the wise and thoughtful Anchoress entitled Press coverage negative on McCain? comes this very illuminating statement discussing studies of media biases:

All of the studies will be flawed, because none of them take into account the very simple fact that when the press refuses to report stories that may negatively impact their candidate, they are starting from a place of such profound dishonesty that every study, every poll will be dishonest, as well.

Media in the Tank

The following is a direct quote from Jim Geraghty's column at The Campaign Spot on National Review Online

Speculating About Which Publication Refuses To Run Articles Critical of Obama...

A mainstream media reporter speaks to Instapundit, without identifying himself or herself: "Off the record, every suspicion you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true. We have a team of 4 people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 in arizona. Not a single one looking into Acorn, Ayers or Freddiemae. Editor refuses to publish anything that would jeopardize election for O, and betting you dollars to donuts same is true at NYT, others. People cheer when CNN or NBC run another Palin-mocking but raising any reasonable inquiry into obama is derided or flat out ignored. The fix is in, and its working."

Hmm. They refer to the New York Times, so it's not that institution. Which media institution has "editors" and "publishes" (newspaper or magazine, presumably), that has four people in Alaska and four in Arizona right now? What publication has those kind of resources?

I have no idea.

(COUGHTheWashingtonPost/NewsweekCOUGH).