Religion

Newt & the Neocons Pitch World War III -- Who's Buying It?

by John Stauber — July 20, 2006 - 3:46pm

Bill Berkowitz reports, " For years, U.S. neoconservatives have been ratcheting up the rhetoric -- mostly in small gatherings and on partisan web sites -- claiming that terrorist activities around the world constituted the initial stages of a new world war. But during the past week or so ...

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Inter Press Service, July 20, 2006

The Sins of Ralph Reed

by Sheldon Rampton — July 14, 2006 - 4:16pm

Why won't Ralph Reed talk to reporters, even though he's running for public office? "He can’t afford to," writes Sean Flynn in a lengthy profile of the scandal-dogged former Christian Coalition organizer. "If he does, they’ll just start asking him all those uncomfortable questions that have nothing to do with being lieutenant governor.

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GQ, July 2006

Hadji Girl

by Sheldon Rampton — June 22, 2006 - 7:30pm
  • Topics: Iraq, Race / Ethnic Issues, Religion, Rhetoric

    • Joshua Belile performs "Hadji Girl" at the Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq.

    'Hearts and Minds': U.S. Wins Some, Loses Some

    by Diane Farsetta — December 27, 2005 - 5:18pm

    Wall Street Journal editorial board member Bret Stephens writes that U.S. assistance to Pakistan following the devastating October 8 earthquake is "one of America's most significant hearts-and-minds successes so far in the Muslim world. ... The Chinook has become America's new emblem in Pakistan, a byword for salvation in an area where until recently the U.S.

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    Agence France-Presse, December 17, 2005

    USAID in Indonesia: Expecting Waves of Gratitude

    by Diane Farsetta — December 20, 2005 - 4:15pm
  • Topics: Public Diplomacy, International, Religion, U.S. Government

    • In September 2005, long-time Bush confidante Karen Hughes started her new job as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Her first official week of work was admittedly ambitious -- a "listening tour" of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

    Evangelical PR

    by Bob Burton — October 29, 2005 - 2:22pm

    Mike Paul, the president of the New York-based MGP & Associates PR, counts amongst his clients the conservative Black evangelical Bishop Harry Jackson's High-Impact Leadership Coalition.

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    Media Transparency, October 28, 2005

    Is That "Anti-war Left" or "Anti-gay Right"?

    by Sheldon Rampton — August 31, 2005 - 8:35pm

    Media Matters caught Sean Hannity on Tuesday blaming the "anti-war left" for protesting at the funeral of a soldier killed in Iraq. In reality, the protesters were members of the Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) in Topeka, Kansas, which claims that terrorism and other disasters are divine retribution against America for the "sin" of tolerating homosexuality.

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    Media Matters for America, August 31, 2005

    Pat Robertson & SourceWatch

    by Bob Burton — August 24, 2005 - 4:08am
  • Topics: Religion

    • There's never a quiet day at SourceWatch, our open-source encyclopedia of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda. Some days, articles that have been patiently compiled by our volunteer writers over months, are suddenly in demand.

    Pat Robertson

    A case in point is the article on the founder of the Christian Coalition of America, Pat Robertson, who proposed in a broadcast on his 700 Club program that covert American agents should assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. "We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability," Associated Press quoted Robertson stating. Over the last eighteen months a number of regular contributors have compiled a comprehensive listing of online news stories on Robertson spanning the last decade. Others have started profiles on the various organisations Robertson is involved in.

    Meanwhile Cindy Sheehan's vigil outside George W. Bush's ranch has put a spotlight on the cost of the war in Iraq. In a column last week for O'Dwyer's PR Daily, Kevin McCauley, contrasted Sheehan's vigil in the Texas heat with Bush remaining "cocooned in Crawford, sticking to the script of appearing only before supporters and people in the Administration."

    In the last week over eighty new articles have been started as well as numerous additions to existing pages.

     

    Bleeping Jesus

    by Sheldon Rampton — November 29, 2004 - 11:00pm

    The CBS and NBC television networks are refusing to run a 30-second television ad from the United Church of Christ. The ad states that - like Jesus - the church seeks to welcome all people, regardless of ability, age, race, economic circumstance or sexual orientation. According to a written explanation from CBS, the implied acceptance of gay and lesbian worshippers makes the ad "too controversial." According to the Rev. John H.

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    United Church of Christ news release, November 30, 2004

    "No Credibility" With Muslims

    by Sheldon Rampton — November 25, 2004 - 11:00pm

    Al-Qaeda and radical Islamists are winning the propaganda war against the United States, according to a new report by the Defense Science Board, a high-level Pentagon panel. "American direct intervention in the Muslim World has paradoxically elevated the stature of and support for radical Islamists, while diminishing support for the United States to single-digits in some Arab societies," the report states. "Muslims do not 'hate our freedom,' but rather, they hate our policies. ...

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    Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 26, 2004
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