Monday, April 23, 2018

Christian TV: State TV for Religious Chumpbots

"A generation ago—even a few years ago—this would have been unthinkable. Christian TV was largely the province of preachers, musicians, faith healers and a series of televangelism scandals. Politicians were leery of getting too close. To establishment evangelicals, not to mention the rest of America, Christian TV was hokey at best, and disreputable at worst. But in the past two years, largely out of view of the coastal media and the Washington establishment, a transformation has taken place. As Christian networks have become more comfortable with politics, the Trump administration has turned them into a new pipeline for its message." 
[Politico: Church of the Donald]

Don't Kill The Messenger...And Pay Attention To The Message

In a recent piece in Vanity Fair , Rep. Jasmine Crockett [D-TX], attracted some controversy with her accusation of many Hispanic voters h...