Media Monitoring - December 2007


Media Monitoring

01 DEC
Marx Had Great Ideas: His Error Was Forgetting God, Says Pope
Richard Owen | The Times

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02 DEC
Out Of America
Rupert Cornwell | The Independent

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03 DEC
No Room At The Inn For Nativity Plays
Steve Spiller | The Daily Star

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03 DEC
Muslim Council Ends Holocaust Memorial Day Boycott
Vikram Dodd | The Guardian

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03 DEC
No Picnic For Gods Debating Teddy Bear Débâcle
Miles Kington | The Independent

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03 DEC
School Nativity Plays Under Threat
Julie Henry and Vikki Miller | The Daily Telegraph

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03 DEC
Teddy Row Teacher Freed From Jail
BBC News 24

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03 DEC
Why Don't Ministers Resign When Things Go Wrong?
Andreas Whittam Smith | The Independent

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03 DEC
Why Was I Banned From Speaking About Religion In St Martin's?
Cristina Odone | The Observer

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03 DEC
Chase The MP And Savage The Carcass
Edward Pearce | The Independent

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03 DEC
Eat, Drink And Be Miserable: The True Cost Of Our Addiction To Shopping
Madeleine Bunting | The Guardian

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03 DEC
Towards A Shared, Multi-Faith Future
Inayat Bunglawala | The Guardian

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04 DEC
Teddy Bear Teacher Leaves Sudan After Pardon
Nick Britten and Nigel Bunyan | The Daily Telegraph

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04 DEC
Secular Services Are The Best
The Times

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04 DEC
Why Pullman And Dawkins Are No Match For The Deities
Miles Kington | The Independent

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04 DEC
Anthemic Themes
Pat Kane | The Guardian

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04 DEC
Jesus: Messiah Or Bolshevik?
Terry Eagleton | The Guardian

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04 DEC
Christianophobia Warning From MP
BBC News

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04 DEC
Civilization Is Safe
Andrew Brown | The Guardian

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05 DEC
Follow The Soap Star: A Modern BBC Nativity
Nicole Martin | The Daily Telegraph

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05 DEC
Tory MP Warns Of Marginalising Christmas
Jonathan Petre | The Daily Telegraph

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05 DEC
Second Thoughts
Andrew Copson | The Guardian

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05 DEC
Lo, Murdoch Did Bring The Good News And Stored Up Riches On Earth
David Teather | The Guardian

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05 DEC
The Truth About The Birds And Bees
Anne Atkins | The Guardian

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05 DEC
Secularism Is Not A Threat
Theo Hobson | The Guardian

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06 DEC
Faith Schools Dominate Test Tables
Graeme Paton | The Daily Telegraph

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06 DEC
UK 'Must Celebrate Christianity'
BBC News 24

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06 DEC
Daughter Of Imam Under Police Guard For Converting
Ruth Gledhill | The Times

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06 DEC
For God's Sake, Start Moaning
Julian Baggini | The Guardian

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06 DEC
Christianophobia? I Don't Think So
Mike Ion | The Guardian

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06 DEC
Mitt And The Sacred Constitution
Andrew Brown | The Guardian

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06 DEC
Replacing Despair With Faith
George Neumayr | The Guardian

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06 DEC
The Holy Vote
Jeff Jarvis | The Guardian

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06 DEC
Romney Vows To Defend All Faiths
BBC News 24

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06 DEC
Accidental Hero
David Marquand | The New Statesman

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07 DEC
Ridiculing Christianity
Leader | The Daily Telegraph

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07 DEC
Could A Robust Christian Response Be The Answer To Muslim Extremism In Britain?
Dominic Lawson | The Independent

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07 DEC
Mormon Mitt Romney Says He Would Serve A Broad Church
Tom Baldwin | The Times

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07 DEC
God-Fearing Blair 'Was Right'
Spy | The Daily Telegraph

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07 DEC
Mitt Romney Strives To Win Over Evangelicals
Toby Harnden | The Daily Telegraph

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07 DEC
Directors Quit Catholic Hospital In Ethics Code Row
Riazat Butt | The Guardian

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08 DEC
Knowledge Of The Nativity Story Is A Thing Of The Past
Ruth Gledhill | The Times

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08 DEC
UK 'Lacking Nativity Knowledge'
BBC News

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08 DEC
Britons Who Don't Know Where Jesus Was Born
Jonathan Petre | The Daily Telegraph

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08 DEC
Is That All There Is?
Stuart Jeffries | The Guardian

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08 DEC
Where Was Jesus Born? 1 In 3 People Don't Know
Tom Kelly | The Daily Mail

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08 DEC
The Book They Used To Burn Now Fires New Revolution Of Faith In China
Jane Macartney | The Times

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08 DEC
Face To Faith
Zaki Cooper | The Guardian

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08 DEC
Basra's Murderous Militias Tell Christian Women To Cover Up Or Face Death
Ali Hamdani and James Hider | The Times

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09 DEC
Christmas Is Cool, Says Equality Boss
David Leppard | The Times

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09 DEC
'Jerry Springer' Is No Match For A Tsunami Of Belief
Sarah Sands | The Independent

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10 DEC
Sentamu Cuts Up Dog Collar In Mugabe Protest
Duncan Hooper | The Daily Telegraph

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10 DEC
Archbishop In Mugabe Protest
Riazat Butt | The Guardian

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10 DEC
Archbishop Discards Dog Collar ‘Until Tyrant Goes’
Ruth Gledhill | The Times

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10 DEC
Christmas Spirit 'Under Threat From PC Brigade'
Sophie Borland | The Daily Telegraph

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10 DEC
Race Watchdog's Christmas Plea
Will Payne | The Daily Mirror

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10 DEC
Muslim Apostates Threatened Over Christianity
Alasdair Palmer | The Daily Telegraph

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10 DEC
Two Colorado Church Shootings Claim 5, Injure 7, Several Hours And Miles Apart
Fox News

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10 DEC
Study Finds Commercialism Harms Britain's Kids
Robert Winnett | The Daily Telegraph

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10 DEC
Equality Chief In Nativity Call
BBC News 24

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10 DEC
Dawkins: I'm A Cultural Christian
BBC News 24

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11 DEC
John Sentamu Once Again Made Us Sit Up
Liz Hunt | The Daily Telegraph

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11 DEC
Why Sentamu Cut Up His Dog Collar
Martyn Percy | The Guardian

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11 DEC
Africa Is Dogged By A Lack Of Leadership
Thomas Sutcliffe | The Independent

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11 DEC
Know Your Daemons
Judith Kneen | The Guardian

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11 DEC
Taking The Pain Out Of Dying With Peace, Love And Understanding
Ruth Gledhill | The Times

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12 DEC
Muslims Have Duty ‘As A Community’ To Beat Extremism
Philip Webster | The Times

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12 DEC
Church Shooting: 'I Prayed For Steady Hands'
Tom Chivers | The Daily Telegraph

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12 DEC
Do You Believe In The Virgin Birth?
The Spectator

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12 DEC
God's Role In Politics
Rod Liddle | The Spectator

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12 DEC
What Is Forgiveness?
Roger Scruton | The Times

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13 DEC
Catholic MPs Allowed Vote Against Fertility Bill
Andrew Porter | The Daily Telegraph

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13 DEC
So What's Killing Christmas?
Jasper Gerard | The Daily Telegraph

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14 DEC
Nativity Plays Without Jesus And IPods Instead Of Carols - Is There Any Point To Christmas Any More?
Alexander Chancellor | The Guardian

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14 DEC
Bishop's Protest Is Right Step
Paul Routledge | The Mirror

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15 DEC
It’s The Thought That Counts...
Elisa Beynon | The Times

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16 DEC
God And The Multiverse
Mark Vernon | The Guardian

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17 DEC
Cathedrals To Hold Extra Christmas Services
Jonathan Petre | The Daily Telegraph

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17 DEC
Ba Humbug: Jack Straw Lashes Out At Greetings Cards For Banishing 'Happy Christmas'
Jaya Narain | The Daily Mail

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17 DEC
The Ways We Betray The Spirit Of The Nativity Story
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown | The Independent

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17 DEC
Inside The Hajj, With 1m Believers
Riazat Butt | The Guardian

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17 DEC
Banksy Work In Bethlehem Christmas Sale
Tim Butcher | The Daily Telegraph

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17 DEC
Chief Rabbi: Britain Is Losing Its Identity
Jonathan Wynne-Jones | The Daily Telegraph

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17 DEC
How Britain Invented Christmas
Harry Bingham | The Daily Telegraph

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17 DEC
Beauty And Truth
Theo Hobson | The Guardian

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18 DEC
God Rest Ye Merry Atheist
Libby Purves | The Times

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19 DEC
Anglican Amendment
Eliane Glaser | The Guardian

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19 DEC
Star Of Wonder: What Was The Bright Light That Drew The Magi To Bethlehem?
David Whitehouse | The Independent

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19 DEC
Can A Non-Believer Write Christmas Carols?
Paul Vallely | The Independent

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19 DEC
Why The Midwinter Solstice Is A Time To Be Saturnine
Miles Kington | The Independent

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19 DEC
Nick Clegg Says: 'I Don't Believe In God'
Greg Hurst | The Times

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19 DEC
The Battle Of The Books
The Economist

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20 DEC
It’s All A Christmas Tall Story
Ruth Gledhill | The Times

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20 DEC
Archbishop Says Nativity 'A Legend'
Sophie Borland | The Daily Telegraph

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20 DEC
The Gospel Truth About China’s Christian Millions
Helen Turner | The Times

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20 DEC
I Don't Believe In God, Lib Dem Leader Reveals
Will Woodward | The Guardian

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20 DEC
I Don't Believe It!
AC Grayling | The Guardian

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21 DEC
Sorry To Disappoint, But It's Nonsense To Suggest We Want To Ban Christmas
Polly Toynbee | The Guardian

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21 DEC
Non-Believers To Sit In Judgment On Churches
Ruth Gledhill | The Times

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21 DEC
2007, A Bad Year For God Squadders
Gerard Baker | The Times