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TV NETWORKS ENJOY MAKING CHRISTIANS
LOOK LIKE FOOLS, SAYS STUDY
The following is from a recent edition of Christian
Crusade Newspaper, P.O. Box 977, Tulsa, OK
74102. The newspaper is in its 42nd year of
publication. Dr. Hargis can be E-mailed on
America On Line as BJHargis, on Compuserve at
72204,541, and via the Internet as
BJHargis@aol.com .
Permission is granted for this article to be used in
newsletters, on computer BBSs or other otherwise
published, provided that attribution to Dr. Hargis
and Christian Crusade Newspaper is included.
copyright 1993 Christian Crusade Newspaper.
All rights reserved.
from CHRISTIAN CRUSADE NEWSPAPER
by Dr. Billy James Hargis, publisher
Keith Wilkerson, editor
America's TV news broadcasts ignore conservative and Christian
news events, except when coverage makes religious leaders look
"cold, intolerant and oppressive," says Washington, D.C.'s Media
Research Center.
Though most Americans believe in God and regularly attend
religious services, "religion and religious issues are hardly ever
mentioned, much less covered, on network television morning,
evening and magazine shows," said the center's chairman Brent
Bozell.
He said that the center had surveyed more than 18,000 nightly
news shows broadcast by ABC, CBS, NBC, the Cable News
Network and the Public Broadcasting Service, but found only 212
stories that focused on religion. That amounts to 1 percent of
coverage although 52 percent of Americans say they attend
church and more than 90 percent say that they pray regularly.
Network coverage of abortion and homosexuality "are never
done from the religious viewpoint," Bozell said. Instead,
"religious figures are regularly portrayed as reactionary
roadblocks while their positive influences are rarely covered."
Accept at Christmastime, when the networks traditionally
broadcast "heartwarming" segments in their broadcasts, the news
shows usually portray religious groups and their leaders "as cold,
intolerant and oppressive -- and that is biased coverage," Bozell
said.
What can be done?
The report suggested that the news networks demonstrate that
they are not biased against religion by hiring religious people as
reporters and expanding coverage of religious events and issues.
Don╒t hold your breath.
WHAT IS CHRISTIAN CRUSADE NEWSPAPER?
Christian Crusade Newspaper is in its
42nd year as a monthly voice of Christian conservativism.
It has a worldwide circulation and is published by
Christian Crusade, P.O. Box 977, Tulsa, OK 74102.
The newspaper is distributed free -- without charge -- to
subscribers as a result of the conviction of its founder, Dr.
Billy James Hargis, that he was not to put a price-tag on
the gospel. For your free subscription, just ask.
Dr. Hargis can be E-mailed a number of ways:
on America On Line as BJHargis,
via the Internet as BJHargis@aol.com ,
on Compuserve at 72204,541, and
on GEnie via K.Wilkerson3.