What’s the matter with Newsweek’s cover story on gay marriage? It’s the journalism, stupid:
It looks like Newsweek, in the face of an economic disaster, has decided to do the full monty, becoming an out-and-out opinion-oriented magazine.
The problem is: the readers never got the memo. Most people thought newsmagazines were supposed to be objective and have not been aware of the two decades of soul-searching about how to insert more opinion. So suddenly they wake up and this magazine that used to be balanced has come out of the closet as an overt opinion magazine. …
Most stunning was editor Jon Meacham’s defense of the cover story, in which he says “this conservative resort to biblical authority is the worst kind of fundamentalism.” …
This cover may ultimately become known less for its significance in the culture wars but as a watershed in the history of American journalism.
Great perspective. Hat tip: getreligion.org
I read some of this article last night while waiting for a haircut. Is it true that polygamy was common in the Old Testament? Is marriage actually not defined? Interesting…
The reporter showed not just a lack of Biblical knowledge and basic fairness, but also a lack of simple reading comprehension.
Yes, polygamy was, shall we say, not uncommon in the OT: Jacob, David and Solomon come to mind.
But to say marriage is not defined is frankly not true.
The reporter plays fast with her own rules. Christians would treat the first marriage of Adam and Eve as normative, which the New Testament also underlines. But the reporter neglects the first couple, instead focusing on those who came after in history.