Prodigal Press: The Anti-Christian Bias of the American News Media (Turning Point Christian Worldview Series) [Paperback]

Marvin Olasky (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 246 pages
• Publisher: Crossway Books (February 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891074767
• ISBN-13: 978-0891074762
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #652,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Editor-in-chief of WORLD. Holder, Patrick Henry College chair in journalism and public policy. Dean, World Journalism Institute. Senior Fellow, Acton Institute.

Love: Susan and I have been married for 35 years. Four terrific sons and one wonderful daughter-in-law: Peter and Catherine, David, Daniel, and Benjamin

Formal education: B.A. from Yale University in 1971, Ph.D. in American Culture from the University of Michigan in 1976. Real education: Grew up in Judaism, became an atheist and a communist, and then (purely through God's grace) a Christian in 1976.

Other activities over the years: foster parent, Pony League assistant coach, PTA president, board chairman of a crisis pregnancy center and a Christian school, elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. Credited (or discredited) with developing the ideas of compassionate conservatism and biblical objectivity.

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Press Wasn't Always Liberal, October 12, 1997

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This review is from: Prodigal Press: The Anti-Christian Bias of the American News Media (Turning Point Christian Worldview Series) (Paperback)

Olasky used his courage and wisdom to do the research it took to write this book. He has shown us how the print press in particular has changed in its coverage of events and society. The New York Times and Boston Globe with christian-based news reports? Yes. God fearing editorials? Yes. Its all there and more! A great read if you are into subjects ranging from Christian Press to History. Geron L - a reader

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The press has always been anti-Christian., June 26, 2007

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This review is from: Prodigal Press: The Anti-Christian Bias of the American News Media (Turning Point Christian Worldview Series) (Paperback)

Olasky makes a very solid argument against the intrinsic bias of the owners and publishers of mainstream media. The bias is institutional. Part of the problem of the liberal elite is that they don't pretend to have neutrality, as they consider being liberal as a morally superior option. Easy to read, and recommended.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read for Troubled Times, September 8, 2004

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This review is from: Prodigal Press: The Anti-Christian Bias of the American News Media (Turning Point Christian Worldview Series) (Paperback)

A very wonderfull historical look into the press and how it has changed in its views as well as its abilitiy to reach a certain sence of objectivity. The author states that you can never really be totally objective, but you can strive to get as close to it as possible. I would address that the study of a few of the major members of Journalism's history was one of the best chapters of the book because it gives you a shocking prespective of what these men really were and the terrible ends they faced at the end of their tourtured journeys. I was very surprised to read exactly who Pulizer was and what exactly the Pulizer Award may insue when one obtains it.

I gave it less then 5 stars because at times, the religious portions of the book get a bit too preachy for my tastes, but then, since it is a christian like peice, it is to be expected and that is fine. It may turn away some readers but I think it still is a great peice of knowledge for research.