thisiscornwall.co.uk trust religious content as news?

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Not for the first time, thisiscornwall.co.uk has had religious sermons posted by 'trusted sources' as news.


My objection lies not in the content of the article itself, but the fact that it is presented as news.

“This is a news site, right?

If I wanted a sermon delivered to my news reader, I would follow the Methodist UK website's news feed - and I don't.

Let's try a little experiment shall we? 

Arrow up for support of my writing a news article in rebuttal of religious content as news.
Arrow down for support of halting religious content on a news site.

I'll give you all a day or two. Your choice.

(If it's even, I'll vote up.)”

A further comment of mine suggests that thisiscornwall.co.uk might wish to integrate blogging services into their website, thus allowing citizen journalism and the freedom of expression to be properly delineated.


Your thoughts?

Mornings are usually a boring and unproductive time for me. I mean, I keep myself occupied, just with the more mundane day to day humdrum tasks that fill out my day and give me a semblance of reality away from the work you will all be more familiar with.


This morning, though, when answering on-line surveys in the effort to keep my head above water, I got a Skype message from Reap Paden (a.k.a. The Angry Atheist) who runs the GodlessRadio.net podcast.


Now, I have been aware of his show for a couple of years now, and always listen to the show for no other reason than the great people he attracts to it, as the following exchange just goes to show.


Here, follows, a transcript of the conversation: