Issue Area: Religion


Extra Articles and Studies
‘Secret Muslims,’ Open Bigotry: Islamophobia in the 2008 presidential campaign (November/December 2008) By Isabel Macdonald and Steve Rendall

Making Islamophobia Mainstream: How Muslim-bashers broadcast their bigotry (November/December 2008) By Steve Rendall and Isabel Macdonald

Daniel Pipes' Witch Hunt at a Public School (10/1/08) By Steve Rendall and Isabel Macdonald

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Islamofascism: A fringe term goes mainstream, with a little help from the media (10/1/08) By Steve Rendall and Isabel Macdonald

Michelle Malkin Cooks Up Terrorist Donuts (10/1/08) By Steve Rendall and Isabel Macdonald

Pope Gets Pass on Church Abuse History: Media overlook Benedict’s record of downplaying the issue (July/August 2008) By Steve Rendall

Endorsing a Different Standard (Update April 2008) By Isabel Macdonald

The Mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism: Few raise alarms when media bigs attack Jews (May/June 2005) By Steve Rendall

Defeated by Democracy: Reported as triumph, Iraq elections were really Bush team’s nightmare (May/June 2005) By Seth Ackerman

Secular Liberal Media?: Newsweeklies get religion (March/April 1999)

Steven Emerson's Crusade: Why is a journalist pushing questionable stories from behind the scenes? (January/February 1999) By John F. Sugg

Islam: Fundamental Misunderstandings About a Growing Faith (July/August 1995) By Sam Husseini

The Extremist Worldview Behind Pat Robertson's Media Empire (March/April 1995) By Joseph L. Conn and Rob Boston

Media Turned Population Debate Into Pope vs. Veep: From the Women's Desk (November/December 1994) By Laura Flanders

Religion and Politics: The Media's One-Dimensional View (July/August 1994) By Sam Husseini

Behind the Times: Who Pulls The Strings at Washington's No. 2 Daily? (August/September 1987) By Fred Clarkson

Action Alerts and Advisories
Report: Right-wing Pundits Use Mainstream Media to Smear Muslims (10/8/08)

Catholic League's Inaccurate Critique of FAIR: Group mischaracterized document in defending Pope Benedict (5/13/08)

Pope Gets Pass on Church Abuse History: Media overlook Benedict's record of downplaying the issue (4/29/08)

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Bill O'Reilly Needs Help: Fox host demands Letterman apologize for pointing out Fox host's inaccuracy (11/3/06)

Lessons from Newsweek's Retraction (6/1/05)

Networks Bar Ad Promoting Tolerance: A church's acceptance of gays is deemed "too controversial" (12/3/04)

Pat Buchanan in His Own Words (2/26/96)