In all my years as a journalist, first working on large city dailies, then Christian magazines, a brief stint as an Episcopal Diocesan Managing Editor and now as an Internet Online news writer, whose website annually draws more than 4 million readers from 172 countries, I have never encountered such appalling spin, outrageous lies, pure mendacity and gay-baiting towards a group of godly men and women of orthodox faith as I encountered recently in Jerusalem by the secular press.

From VirtueOnline via the ACL.

Here’s the Riazat Butt article David is talking about. It really is terrible journalism.

PS I have been posting quite a lot on global Anglicanism lately and I’m sorry if that bores you. In terms of where I’m at with college and church, though, it’s pretty significant stuff. I’m sure it’ll die down. wink