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Indiana is a happening state this month as we near the end of March Madness. I grew up just a few minutes from Butler University, and you might remember that Young Master Pulliam is a proud alumn. It’s a thrilling time to be a Hoosier.
Earlier this week, we discussed whether there are any neutral abortion terms to describe people on both sides of the debate.
Journalists have long debated how to appropriately define proponents and opponents of issues, because let’s be honest: it’s usually more fun to be for something then be against it.
We spend a lot of time here arguing for the importance of considering faith in reporting, and journalists on religion beat do this every day.
I’m guessing most reporters hate writing headlines. Your stories are often so nuanced or complex that no one can possibly condense it down to a few words. We’ve been reading several stories related to Pope Benedict XVI’s connections to Peter Hullermann, a priest who had been convicted in 1986 of sexually abusing minors, and we’ve been taking special notice of whether the headlines and the story make the appropriate ties.
There’s a viral video out there that doesn’t involve Charlie biting his brother’s finger, Ok Go’s Rube Goldberg project, or a man on a horse. No, this one is much more serious. Angie Jackson’s video of having an abortion (right) has received more than 140,000 hits since she posted it a few weeks ago.
Glenn Beck’s comments about social justice last week made the blog rounds earlier this week, and the reaction has been somewhat predictable. Some ignore it; some eat it up; others are ready to condemn it. Here’s what started it all:
Maybe you’ve had a bad week. You hate the melting snow, you’re recovering from a cold, maybe you hate your job. You’re ready to take it out on someone, but it would probably take more than a bad week for you to get the motivation to conspire to kill an artist in Sweden over a cartoon.
Bloggers everywhere cringed after Radar falsely claimed Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was stepping down. “JGR would sooner die-literally-than give Obama the chance to appoint his successor,” said one expert. Supreme Court replacements are, as Ron Burgundy might say, kind of a big deal. That is why Justice John Paul Stevens, who turns 90 next month, is receiving some buzz treatment from media outlets like the Washington Post.
