Bernie Goldberg has described media bias not as a conscious agenda on the part of news reporters, but as an unconscious worldview that inevitably comes to the surface in the way that the news gets reported. Many “straight” news reporters try to be objective, but their worldview nevertheless undermines those efforts in subtle but profound ways. Thus we have “liberal” media bias. What makes the bias so galling, however, is the inability of those reporters to be self-conscious of their own presuppositions in their reporting. The last two weeks of coverage about the two biggest abortion stories of the year has been particularly galling.
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American Liberalism Is Defined as Defense of Abortion
American liberals have abortion as their sacrament and Planned Parenthood as their temple. It is the holy ground upon which liberals will tolerate no one to tread. They seek not only to defend abortion rights but to promote abortion. If you doubt that this is true, just look at the two big stories about abortion that have been in the news that last two weeks: (1) President Obama’s decision to force religious groups to pay for abortions, and (2) Planned Parenthood’s bullying of the Komen foundation.
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Did Komen really reverse itself?
Mary Katharine Ham was right. Planned Parenthood is turning out to be “the Hotel California of charitable donations.” The Komen foundation has discovered that they can check in any time they like, but they will never be able to leave Planned Parenthood… so it seems. In my piece that I wrote Friday for my website and the Baptist Press, I questioned whether or not Komen has really reversed its decision to defund Planned Parenthood. After reading headlines all day reporting definitively that Komen had caved, I wondered if I was the only one seeing that Komen had left the door open to deny future funds to Planned Parenthood. After doing…
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Komen’s Ties to Planned Parenthood Clearer Than Ever
Nancy Brinker and the Board of Directors of Susan G. Komen for the Cure released a statement Friday that apparently reverses their decision to defund Planned Parenthood. The statement still has some ambiguity in it, and the full implications of this decision are not yet clear. Nevertheless, three things deserve comment:
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Eric Metaxas in Rare Form at National Prayer Breakfast
Eric Metaxas had President Obama and distinguished guests in stitches as he shared his Christian testimony at the National Prayer Breakfast. He also shared some reflections about—you guessed it—Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He had some serious and prophetic words about the humanity of the unborn. He even spoke about having a biblical view of sexuality. All of this with the President sitting just a few feet away. This was a courageous talk delivered with winsomeness and joy. Watch it below. If you are not familiar with Eric Metaxas, you should know that he is the author of last year’s best-selling biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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Abortion Is Their Sacrament, and Planned Parenthood Is Their Temple
I want everyone to be clear about what is happening right now to our nation’s leading breast cancer charity— Susan G. Komen for the Cure. They are being mugged by pro-abortion zealots who will not tolerate any criticism whatsoever of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s leading provider of elective abortions. Komen has given some grants to Planned Parenthood in the past but has now decided it can better spend its money by funding groups that actually provide mammograms. Planned Parenthood has some educational services related to breast cancer, and they give referrals for mammograms. But they don’t do mammograms themselves (see video below). Komen CEO Nancy Brinker said it this way,…
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The New York Times Advises Jefferson Bethke
David Brooks advises Jefferson Bethke on “How to Fight The Man” in The New York Times. It’s a thoughtful piece in which Kevin DeYoung’s critical blog post even gets a mention. I think the most stunning thing about Brooks’ article is the knowledge that someone at The New York Times is paying attention to intramural conversations among the Young, Restless, and Reformed (or should I say “DeYoung, Restless, and Reformed”). If the Old Gray Lady has noticed, it suggests that there is a bona fide cultural phenomenon afoot.
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Daniel Wallace Debates Bart Ehrman
Andreas Köstenberger attended last night’s debate between Daniel Wallace and Barth Ehrman at the University of North Carolina. Köstenberger writes an overview of how it went down, and he says that the audience feedback indicated that the debate had no clear winner. Köstenberger says that the technical stuff flew over everyone’s head. He also offers how he would have closed the debate had he been a participant. He writes: Friends, I think I’ve shown that for every skeptical argument Bart Ehrman advances, there is a reasonable response that shows the Bible to be more reliable than he makes it out to be. But in the end, how many of us…
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Louisiana Tech Running Back Found Dead
Sad news from my alma mater. Tyrone Duplessis, a sophomore running back at Louisiana Tech University, passed away in his off-campus apartment this morning. The cause of death is unknown. Duplessis only played in two games last year after being out for a knee injury. He was 21 years old. RIP.
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Tim Tebow Cancels Event with Prosperity Preacher
Tim Tebow recently cancelled a speaking engagement after finding out he’d be sharing the stage with infamous prosperity preachers, Rod Parsley and Kenneth Copeland. Tebow’s speaker’s bureau did not adequately research the event before contracts were signed, so Tebow is pulling out. Good on him. Read the story here.