The right wings' lies in religion

It would seem like Jesus Christ was a very liberal Democrat, not an elitist, racist Republican. He supposedly taught principles like humility, moderation, giving to the poor, and accepting people who are different from you.

So how does the right-wing distort the message of Christianity to advance their anti-Christian, hateful, elitist agenda? By the most powerful weapon of lies: the media.

Media Matters: LEFT BEHIND: The Skewed Representation of Religion in Major News Media

In order to begin to assess how the news media paint the picture of religion in America today, this study measured the extent to which religious leaders, both conservative and progressive, are quoted, mentioned, and interviewed in the news media.

Among the study's key findings:

• Combining newspapers and television, conservative religious leaders were quoted, mentioned, or interviewed in news stories 2.8 times as often as were progressive religious leaders.
  
• On television news -- the three major television networks, the three major cable new channels, and PBS -- conservative religious leaders were quoted, mentioned, or interviewed almost 3.8 times as often as progressive leaders.
  
• In major newspapers, conservative religious leaders were quoted, mentioned, or interviewed 2.7 times as often as progressive leaders.
  

Despite the fact most religious Americans are moderate or progressive, in the news media it is overwhelmingly conservative leaders who are presented as the voice of religion. This represents a particularly meaningful distortion since progressive religious leaders tend to focus on different issues and offer an entirely different perspective than their conservative counterparts.