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Prodigal press, confronting the anti-Christian bias of the American news media, Marvin Olasky, Warren Cole Smith

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Prodigal press

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Marvin Olasky, Warren Cole Smith

confronting the anti-Christian bias of the American news media

In the nineteenth century, leading newspapers reported from a Christian perspective. Today, however, print and TV journalists increasingly take an anti-Christian stance while claiming to be neutral. Prodigal Press uncovers the shift to secular humanism that has radically altered what the media cover and how they report it. Issuing a clarion call for Christians to reclaim American journalism, Olasky and Smith examine the influence of worldviews on reporting, objectivity, sensationalism, and crusading; the impact of legal, ethical, and technological changes; and the changes brought about by the 24/7 news cycle, the Internet, and social media. - Back cover

Introduction to the 25th anniversary edition -- Introduction to the first edition -- Part one : Departure. The decline of American journalism -- Spiking the spiritual -- Not without personal cost -- Man's subjectivity vs. God's plumb line -- Part two : Exile. Ethics without Christ? -- Libel : utilitarian justice vs. biblical truth-telling -- Press vs. public -- Perceptive media watching -- Part three : Return? Network news and local newspapers : the coming economic judgment -- The devil in the electrons -- Coverage of sensation and disaster : the gaining and keeping of audiences -- Crusading on social and political issues : personalization and persistence -- A Christian journalism revival? -- Appendixes. The best of the worst : examples of media bias -- Additional resources -- Public relations, theology, and practice