{"id":157,"date":"2004-04-06T19:41:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-06T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=157"},"modified":"2004-04-06T19:41:00","modified_gmt":"2004-04-06T19:41:00","slug":"157","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=157","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Why do they always take her<\/em> picture?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pagans are not the only ones complaining how certain flamboyant figures (example<\/a> or example<\/a>) get media attention whether they are “representative of the community” or not.<\/p>\n

Religion-beat journalist John Dart (April 1 entry) shows that that complaint is heard<\/a> in other religions as well, because, he suggests, religion-beat reporters’ input is not heeded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why do they always take her picture? Pagans are not the only ones complaining how certain flamboyant figures (example or example) get media attention whether they are “representative of the community” or not. Religion-beat journalist John Dart (April 1 entry) shows that that complaint is heard in other religions as well, because, he suggests, religion-beat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-157","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2952,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=2952","url_meta":{"origin":157,"position":0},"title":"Pagans Are Popping Up . . .","author":"Chas S. 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