Journalists and Religion

Los Angeles Times ^ | February 23, 2003 | DAVID SHAW

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People of faith have long complained that the mainstream news media pay too little attention to religion -- except, of course, when there's a controversy or a scandal, like the ongoing story on priests as sexual predators. Absent such a scandal -- or the death of a pope and the election of his successor -- the news media often seem indifferent to, ignorant of and, at times, downright hostile toward religion.

"Members of the faith community are on target," Underwood writes, "when they complain about the incapacity or the unwillingness of journalists to take seriously the importance of the spiritual dimension in the lives of so many people."

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This is a very interesting article. Too bad I can't post it all, thanks to the secretive, anti-free speech agneda of the Los Angeles Times. Read the full article and comment.

The author, David Shaw, can be reached at david.shaw@latimes.com