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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword - Michael Gerson
- Part I: Background
- Introduction - Paul Marshall
- 1: God is Winning: Religion in Global Politics - Timothy Samuel Shah and Monica Duffy Toft
- Part II: Case Studies
- 2: Religion and Terrorism: Misreading Bin Laden - Paul Marshall
- 3: Three Decades of Misreporting Iran and Iraq - Michael Rubin
- 4: Religion and International Human Rights - Allen D. Hertzke
- 5: Misunderestimating Religion in the 2004 Presidential Campaign - C. Danielle Vinson and James L. Guth
- 6: The Media and the Popes - Amy Welborn
- 7: Mel Gibsons Christ: The Passion of the Press - Jeremy Lott
- Part III: Getting It Right
- 8: Getting Religion in the Newsroom - Terry Mattingly
- 9: Principles for Getting It Right - Roberta Green Ahmanson
- Afterword - John DiIulio
