Religion

Keeping Jesus Off Camera

by John Stauber — August 27, 2004 - 11:00pm

"Don't expect to see the reverends Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson or Franklin
Graham at the podium during next week's Republican National Convention,
whose planners hope to keep fire, brimstone and the Christian Right
offstage at Madison Square Garden.
About the only big name Christians making prime-time noise at Madison
Square Garden at next week's Republican gathering will be

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San Francisco Chronicle, August 28, 2004

Moonstruck

by Sheldon Rampton — July 17, 2004 - 11:00pm

Ken Grubbs has been fired as director of the conservative National Journalism Center after he wrote a piece criticizing the Washington Times and its founder, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.

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Washington Post, July 18, 2004

Bending Like a Reed in the Wind

by Diane Farsetta — July 16, 2004 - 11:00pm

Former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed's public affairs firm Century Strategies "has raked in millions of dollars by mounting grassroots lobbying drives" for corporations, Republicans and "controversial lobbyists." Reed is also the

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The National Journal, July 17, 2004

Who Would Jesus Elect?

by Diane Farsetta — July 1, 2004 - 11:00pm

The Bush-Cheney campaign continued its church-based outreach by giving religious volunteers 22 timelined tasks.

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Houston Chronicle, July 2, 2004

The Diplomatic Faithful

by Diane Farsetta — June 10, 2004 - 11:00pm

FaithfulAmerica.org, which describes itself as "an online community of people of faith who want to build a more just and compassionate nation," will run commercials on the al-Jazeera and al-Arabiya Arabic language networks apologizing for the torture of Iraqi detainees by U.S. servicepeople and military contractors.

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Newsday, June 11, 2004

Getting Out the Vote, Religiously

by Diane Farsetta — June 7, 2004 - 11:00pm

House Republicans "quietly introduced a measure to make it easier for churches to support political candidates, just days after the Bush campaign ... [invited] church members to distribute campaign information at their houses of worship," reports the New York Times. "'Safe Harbor for Churches' ...

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New York Times, June 8, 2004

Saudi Clerics Bash U.S. Funded Channel

by Laura Miller — March 7, 2004 - 12:00am

Two Saudi clerics have said that Muslims should not watch, work for, or advertise on the new U.S. funded Al-Hurra satellite channel. In a written fatwa, Sheik Ibrahim al-Khudairi said the channel was "founded by America to fight Islam, and to propagate massive decay to Americanise the world." Al-Hurra, which means the free one, is the latest Arabic-language media project run by the Broadcasting Board of Governors. According to U.S. officials, the channel, which will cost U.S.

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Singapore Straits Times, March 7, 2004

Jesus Advertised on My Hotrod

by Diane Farsetta — February 20, 2004 - 12:00am

Mel Gibson's controversial movie "The Passion of the Christ" is using a unique "surgical marketing campaign that has zeroed in on the Christian market and built a deafening buzz," according to the Wall Street Journal. "The promotional campaign got its start last year as Mr. Gibson hit the road and visited Christian leaders across America." Now, religious leaders are showing movie trailers and selling tickets to their congregations. But "passionate" marketing isn't just for churches.

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The Wall Street Journal, February 20, 2004

What Would Jesus Pay for Drugs?

by Sheldon Rampton — July 22, 2003 - 11:00pm

The Traditional Values Coalition, which bills itself as a Christian advocacy group, has received money behind the scenes from the pharmaceutical industry to campaign against legislation that would enable U.S. citizens to import low-cost prescription drugs from countries like Canada. The drug industry opposes the law because it would undercut the high prices they charge in the U.S.

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Washington Post, July 23, 2003

Israeli Hardliners Join Christian Right to Ditch 'Road Map'

by Laura Miller — May 5, 2003 - 11:00pm

New York-based 5W PR counts as clients the Christian Coalition, the Zionist Organization of America, and Israel's Ministry of Tourism, according to O'Dwyer's PR Daily.

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Democracy Now, May 6, 2003
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