[JohnHuang2]

Quote of the Day by sinkspur

[JohnHuang2]

Mega Hugh Hewitt ping

[.30Carbine]

...don't expect any different treatment from the same paper or newsroom culture when your religious beliefs enter the target zone.

I sure don't, for, as Hugh Hewett goes on to say:

The triumph of sneering agnosticism is pretty much complete within elite media these days.

It is an ugly thing.

[maica]

When I went to school (in the 50's) I was taught that civic involvement - ranging from voting to holding public office - was a responsibility of every American. Those who were brought up with this belief very often are those who are involved in civic affairs. The fact that the same people are also involved with a church is anathema to the anti-religion secularists who rail against religion and religious in America.

In their eyes if a person who goes to church holds public office that person has "crossed the line of Separation between Church and State." These secularists refuse to accept the fact that civic responsiblilty is a moral value.

[RonDog]

"The fundamentalists of the left have used the tragedy of the fall to renew their assault on faith in America. The Mormons are a handy target, because they are both visible and different.

Which is why all people of faith are called on to reject appeals to prejudice of the sort that the Los Angeles Times tossed off without so much as a backward glance. If the Times can get away with labeling Utah a "theocracy," then surely ever other newspaper in America can do the same.

If the Times can frontload a front page article with critics' quotes, then every media organization in the country can do the same if the issue is Catholicism, Pentecostal practice or any of the debates within denominations over gay ordination, the role of women, etc.

In short, since the Times has no qualms about rolling the Mormons, don't expect any different treatment from the same paper or newsroom culture when your religious beliefs enter the target zone..." - Hugh Hewitt

Hugh's concern with the shabby treatment of the Mormon church bring to mind the famous quote by Martin Niemoeller

"In Germany they came first for the Communist, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.

Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up."

It is time for ALL of us to speak up for the Mormons.

SHAME ON YOU, L.A. TIMES!!!

STOP this attack on religion in America!

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[ppaul]

Utah is a theocracy. So what?

[hchutch]

Ping.

[colorado tanker]

Big Hugh Hewitt bump!

[mdwakeup]

Maybe I don't read the right elite media, but it's always seemed to me that the Mormons had a glowing reputation generally. The most vicious Mormon-bashing I hear regularly is on Christian radio. Try "The Bible Answer Man," for example. Get Hank Hanegraaff started on Robert Schuller sometime and it won't take 30 seconds before he starts griping about how Schuller once allowed Orrin Hatch to speak from the pulpit of the Crystal Cathedral. Hank also has hosted guests who have authored books on how to "save" Mormons. Many other Christian shows follow the same script.

[TopQuark]

Thanks for the great post, John Huang.

[Steve0113]

"Some say the line between church and state is blurred."

Weasel words. Translation: "This is just my personal prejudice opinion, but I don't want to identify it as such."

"Some say" is bad reporting and worse editing.

[Utah Girl]

Thanks for the posting of this article, John. Very good find.