Category Archives: Christianity
Trend in Reporting on Bob Jones University?
October 26, 2005 – 1:28 am
When I saw the description in the first article, I thought it was just an example of a reporter’s not straining himself when doing research. That’s because when reading an MSM article I’m used to seeing “Bob Jones University” followed by “the controversial conservative school that formerly banned interracial dating,” or something to that effect. [...]
I’m Being Retentive About Retention
October 12, 2005 – 10:16 am
The spokesman at my alma mater gives a figure that doesn’t match my experience: Pait acknowledges that students sometimes feel as though the school’s policies “cramp their style.” However, the university maintains an extremely strong retention rate; sometimes as high as 95 percent. I think my freshman class had about 1500-2000 members, and I remember [...]
Stuck in a Rut
October 6, 2005 – 8:47 pm
Journalists love to get “both sides” of an issue, so nothing could be a better setup for a story on the conflict between creationists and evolutionists than this: two rafts traveling through the Grand Canyon, one led by a creationist, the other by an evolutionist. On the former is a “pastor’s wife from Greensboro, N.C.” [...]
Limited Amusement
October 5, 2005 – 5:46 pm
A little humor via my friend Greg. Or, “I feel like we were destined for each other.”