Archive for the 'Utah' Category



Hollywood’s Latest Hoodwink

Published on August 15, 2007

Nationally syndicated radio host and best-selling author Michael Medved wrote up an opinion piece yesterday on USAToday’s website titled “Hollywood’s terrorists: Mormon, not Muslim”. Medved took to task those involved with the upcoming film September Dawn, a portrayal (albeit jaded and misrepresented one) of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Claiming they don’t have an axe to [...]


Titles Matter at the Editor & Publisher

Published on May 31, 2007

A recent article in the Editor & Publisher appears to have made a glaring misrepresentation about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but the error was subsequently remedied. The Editor & Publisher is a monthly journal covering the newspaper business. It featured an article dated May 25 that carried the title “Deseret Reporter [...]


‘The Mormons’ on PBS takes aim at stereotypes

Published on January 15, 2007

Award-winning filmmaker Helen Whitney has one over-arching goal for her four-hour production “The Mormons,” which airs this spring on PBS.
“I hope that most of the stereotypes — ideally, all of them — will be blown away,” she told the Deseret Morning News on Saturday. “Because so many of them are just based on ignorance. Ignorance [...]


Non-Mormon guide to success in Utah

Published on January 8, 2007

Dessert News columnist, noted Utah Democrat and former Salt Lake City mayoral candidate, Frank Pignanelli offers a top 10 list for non-Mormon success in “Mormon Utah”.  Â


Latter-day Saints: A look at the Mormon church

Published on December 13, 2006

The Boston Herald has published an Associated Press article titled “Latter-day Saints: A look at the Mormon church”, with a brief Q&A on some of the beliefs of the Church.
The article is mostly accurate, with a few minor discrepancies. For example, in describing the Word of Wisdom the author states that “cold drinks with [...]


Welcome to LDSNewsWatch

Published on November 28, 2006

For about a year now, I have been collecting and tracking news articles about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (AKA the Mormon Church). I use various online resources to find and track these articles.
Over the last year, I have found some very interesting things. As you can imagine, there have been plenty [...]