FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Fwd: More from Sharlet on C Street

[Robert Tapp (tappx001]

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> From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> Date: October 3, 2009 7:51:23 AM CDT
> To: Humanist Institute Discussion List <hidisc [at] humanistinstitute.org>
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> Several posts have called attention to Jeff Sharlet's essential book  
> The Family. However most of the MSM coverage of The Family has  
> focused upon Congressional sex scandals.
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> Sharlet here discusses the journalistic reception of his book. Most  
> have shied away from his expose as too complicated and too  
> controversial. Humanists, however, hoping to reveal and undo some of  
> the less visible aspects of fundamentalism, can learn much from  
> Sharlet's experiences with the press. One conclusion is that we need  
> to clone Rachel Maddow!
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> http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/religionandtheology/1867/c_street_scandal%2C_the_media%2C_the_future_of_the_family%3A_an_interview_with_jeff_sharlet?page=2
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> Bob