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20 Dec 2010 00:24

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Politics: Max Headroom: MSNBC gets slam-dunk chance to mock Fox News

  • Like shooting fish in a barrel: As you might guess, MSNBC had a bit of a field day with the University of Maryland’s study that suggested that Fox News leaves viewers more misinformed. Let’s face it, if MSNBC couldn’t do an entertaining report on this story, why do they even exist? To give Contessa Brewer work? To make Rachel Maddow sound like the voice of reason? So Dylan Ratigan can make randomly awesome speeches? Let’s face it, as objective as they like to pretend to be on the surface, they live for stories like this one.
  • imaginary friends = Unhealthy This Fox News clip just makes us laugh. Father Jonathan Morris, who moonlights as a Fox News contributor, discusses why we need prayer to get through our toughest times. Hilariously, the study also suggests that atheists could benefit, too, with the help of an imaginary friend, a suggestion he pooh-poohs. And then, from there, it gets weird.
  • Larry King’s last stand “Instead of goodbye, how about ‘so long’?” We admit that we greatly enjoyed the comfort food that Larry King put on our plates for most of our adult lives. There’s nobody like him – those suspenders, those glasses, those ties, that hair – and Piers Morgan won’t be a good substitute no matter how many British tabloids he edited before becoming minorly famous.

28 Sep 2010 10:21

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Culture: Study: Agnostics and atheists know more about religion than you

  • what A new Pew study suggests that atheists and agnostics know more about religion than their Christian counterparts do.
  • why Higher education is part of it, but some of it might be a lack of self-examination of faith by those who have already converted.
  • butNot every religious group has this problem – Jews and Mormons rank nearly as high as agnostics or atheists in understanding. source

18 Sep 2010 11:00

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World: “Protest the Pope”: Atheists take to London’s godless streets

  • cause The Pope visits the U.K. with a full plate of scary scandals to respond to, including the belief that the U.K. is increasingly “godless.”
  • reaction Thousands of people are protesting the Pope today, at an event with atheist speakers. Sounds like hedonistic fun! source

03 Apr 2010 20:31

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U.S.: Atheists get crazy idea to meet in New Jersey hotel on Easter

  • 300 atheists in a hotel gather
    to … just hang out source

03 Jul 2009 21:49

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Offbeat: Turkish TV turns the search for God into a game show

  • We are giving the biggest prize in the world, the gift of belief in God. … We don’t approve of anyone being an atheist. God is great and it doesn’t matter which religion you believe in. The important thing is to believe.
  • Kanal T CEO Seyhan Soylu • On why his television network is hosting a game show called “Penitents Compete,” which tries to convince a bunch of atheists that you need to have religion of some kind in your life. Religious leaders in the country are skeptical. “Religion should not be a subject for entertainment programs,” said Hamza Aktan, chairman of the High Board of Religious Affairs. Our question: When does Fox bring this show to the States? • source