I’m worried about how thick the Reading Eagle is with God – the Christian one. I’m worried the people who call the shots at Berks County’s media monopoly are not following one of the Society of Professional Journalists’ ethical tenets:
“[Journalists should] examine their own cultural values and avoid imposing those values on others.”
Even though a third of Americans reject biologic evolution, the issue is settled for most educated people. The Eagle is fascinated with the debate, though. On Tuesday, the Eagle ran two letters to the editor attacking evolution and one defending evolution.
“People are in denial because to accept the truth means they have to abide by the law of God,” one letter writer says.
“Everlasting life may be found by knowing the only true God, and the one who sent forth Jesus Christ,” writes another.
Many of the scant letters-to-the-editors the Eagle publishes are about Christian faith.
Does the Eagle post anywhere on its website its policy for how it chooses the letters it publishes ? The policies of such an important public institution as the local newspaper should be public.
The “daily thought” on page B2 was about forming a relationship with God.
Look at the “Religion” section on the paper’s website and every story is about a Christian.
In his column Dec. 29, editor Harry Deitz says the death of a young girl of cancer prompted him to spend more time in prayer and may lead people to ask why God would let an innocent child get such a disease.
I’m not against anybody accepting Christian superstition to help explain the tough problems of life. But Berks County has many Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, atheists and other non-Christians.
The Eagle should spend its precious news space and staff time covering issues important to all Berks Countians.
Well said.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I would go one step further and say that most of the stories in the paper are quite poor even when ignoring their occasional slant. I will give them credit, though, for publishing all three of my refutations to the type of letters that you are referencing.
ReplyDeleteI'm putting another one in their mailbox this morning about how the founding fathers didn't intend for America to be a Christian nation. When they lob them to me, I can't help but swing. :)