Columnist misrepresents LDS Church doctrine and policy

May 11, 2012

source: Deseret News

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MR says: Come on media, try a little harder, please.

New York Post columnist Maureen Callahan recently tried to explain to her readers the ecclesiastical implications for Mitt and Ann Romney and their activity in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints if the family ends up living in the White House.

Callahan cited several sources in her column, although there is nothing officially from the LDS Church. Too bad. Even if she had just gone to the church's Newsroom website, specifically prepared as a media resource, she might have avoided some glaring misrepresentations of LDS Church doctrine, policy, practice and procedure.

For example:

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Tags: Politics, LDS Culture, Mitt Romney, Media

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baxdrum said...

04:17 PM
on May 13, 2012

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I am neither surprised or offended. The level of ignorance in the news media today is what astounds me. Where do they dig up these people who write for newspapers and magazines? Their ignorance of the subject matter being reported borders on fiction. I would hope her editor actually takes a moment to read her "article" and has her in for an action plan.

jkeyes87 said...

07:00 AM
on May 14, 2012

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I totally agree with baxdrum. I would think that a person who is assigned (or chooses) to write an article on any topic would research it to ensure accuracy. I can overlook the occasional misconception, but I couldn't even read the rest of the original article due to the astounding inaccuracies. Personally I think the church does an excellent job helping the media to answer FAQs with various resources. For some reason people choose either not to look for them or to use them.

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