Christianity Today shows nonprofits how not to deal with controversy
Christianity Today is a "not-for-profit communications ministry." You wouldn't know that, however, from their coverage of the assassination of abortion doctor George Tiller by a right-to-life evangelical--i.e., a core part of Christianity Today's demographic. Since the news broke I've been tracking the home page, and the image you see above shows how Christianity Today has chosen to fulfill its mission to help Christians "make sense of the world"--
Namely, opining on the need for Jon & Kate of +8 fame "to confess their sins" . . .
And, of course, the pressing issue of John Calvin's critique of medieval indulgences:
I understand that this must be a rather difficult situation for an evangelical nonprofit such as CT to address, but if communication is your business you only undermine your reputation by burying your head in the digital sand when some kills in the name of the very movement that you claim to represent.
PSYCHO KILLER QU'EST QUE C'EST EXTRA:
If you think the above isn't fair, just be glad I didn't lead with the following alternate frame:
Christianity Today has covered the death of George Tiller
Here: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/juneweb-only/122-32.0.html
Here: http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2009/05/lateterm_aborti.html
and Here: http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2009/06/blaming_prolife.html
Another story will come out in print in the next issue.
Thanks for the update.
Just to clarify, the post was originally written a few days after the event, when no Tiller murder commentary could be found on the site--in fact, my initial version included a screenshot of the search results for "Tiller." If there was something there, my apologies, but it wasn't evident in the headlines, search or blogs, all of which I checked out multiple times.