The article I have linked to below is interesting. It posits that there is a bias in the mainstream media toward reporting about atheism in America. We certainly don’t see favorable mainstream media stories about Christianity. What is going on? Do they have an agenda? You decide.

Media Spreading ‘Gospel of Godlessness,’ says Watchdog

A media watchdog says that from broadcast to print, the news media seems to be spreading a ‘gospel of godlessness’ to the American public through its imbalanced coverage of atheism. Only eight percent of Americans are atheist, according The National Cultural Values Survey conducted for the Culture and Media Institute in December 2006. But after noticing the ascendancy of atheism in stories on religion, Media Research Center’s Culture and Media Institute sought to answer whether the news media gave atheism the same degree of scrutiny as Christianity and other faiths. After reviewing stories in 2007 that featured atheism or presented atheist viewpoints, the group found that the media not only gave atheism a more prominent voice in its coverage but also a favorable and even positive report. ‘Whether deliberately or not, the news media did not subject atheism or atheists to the same skepticism to which they subject Christians and Christianity,’ concluded CMI, according to a recent report compiled for Christian Broadcasting Network. ‘By airing unchallenged interviews and predominantly reporting positive-toned features, the news media effectively promoted atheism.’ From the 105 atheist-themed stories that CMI reviewed, eighty percent had a positive tone while 20 percent were neutral. Surprisingly, no feature stories were negative. The report also showed that only 54 percent of atheist-themed stories included a religious counterpoint compared to the 71 percent of the Christian-themed stories that included atheist counterpoints. Of the three leading news magazines – Newsweek, Time, and U.S. News and World Report – reviewed for the report, Newsweek gave the most coverage on atheists, with a little over half of its issues featuring atheism stories or commentaries by atheists.”

I have noticed that some of the social networking news sites that I read occasionally, seem to be emphasizing stories about rejection of God in the culture. These are the last days, and we should expect more of this… but it is sad to see people rejecting the things of God. Mark 7:9 says, “And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.”