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Telling journalists about God's Easter communication | Marvin Olasky

This Easter, will news media do a better job of reporting the scandal and glory of the Christ-centered holiday? Or, will newspapers merely run stereotypical tales about Easter bunnies? Is there a way to tell the real story in terms that make contact with reporters?

The problem is clear. Even mainstream media thinkers at universities have acknowledged throughout the 1990s flaws in press coverage of religion and religion-related issues, and then debated whether the problem is bias or ignorance:

·Bias, said Brian Healy, a CBS senior political producer, during a conference at Columbia University's Media Studies Center: "Biases of liberal journalists often dominate newsrooms. Most of my colleagues are one-minded, and it's a mind that's made up."

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