Balance AWOL in WaPo, MSNBC Coverage of Atheists’ Inauguration Suit

Colleen Raezler
December 31st, 2008 2:44 PM
Well-known atheist Michael Newdow is old news. Few mainstream media outlets are covering the suit he filed  Dec. 30 in U.S. District Court to strip prayer and any mention of God from the inaugural ceremony of President-elect Barack Obama. Of those that are reporting on the suit, however, the Washington Post and MSNBC gave Newdow and his fellow litigants a largely unchallenged platform to argue…