Comments on: So much for liberal media http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2007/05/30/so-much-for-liberal-media/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:34:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mark Byron http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2007/05/30/so-much-for-liberal-media/#comment-89554 Mark Byron Thu, 31 May 2007 17:44:28 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=3168#comment-89554 On most issues that will get conservative churchmen quoted, the fight will often be cast between conservative churchmen and secular liberals. If the issue is same-sex marriage, the liberal quote will generally come from the Human Rights Campaign or other gay-activist groups. If the issue is abortion, the liberal quote will come from NOW or NARAL. Liberals will get equal time, but the secular (or at least non-religious as an organization) organizations will get the lion's share. In many cases, the mainline denominations are split on many of those contentious moral issues and won't want to be making an offical stand on the issue, thus ceding the field to the non-religious folks. One exception is on the environment, where center-left church folks will get a lot of press time. Anti-poverty issues are another one where the religious left gets a lot of air-time, since many folks on the theological right aren't big economic conservatives. On most issues that will get conservative churchmen quoted, the fight will often be cast between conservative churchmen and secular liberals. If the issue is same-sex marriage, the liberal quote will generally come from the Human Rights Campaign or other gay-activist groups. If the issue is abortion, the liberal quote will come from NOW or NARAL.

Liberals will get equal time, but the secular (or at least non-religious as an organization) organizations will get the lion’s share. In many cases, the mainline denominations are split on many of those contentious moral issues and won’t want to be making an offical stand on the issue, thus ceding the field to the non-religious folks.

One exception is on the environment, where center-left church folks will get a lot of press time. Anti-poverty issues are another one where the religious left gets a lot of air-time, since many folks on the theological right aren’t big economic conservatives.

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