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Doug Giles: Christian Media Failed on ACORN Story

The controversy surrounding the community organizing group ACORN has been been swirling for some time now.  Even the casual observer was forced to take note of the painfully obvious lack of initial coverage on the part of the mainstream media.  The Daily Show's John Stewart, to his eternal credit, was willing to mock the media for their hand-sitting:

There is much more to the ACORN story than the media's timidity and disinterest. Last week I posted some information about a group, Americans for Prosperity, who are doing tremendous work in pursuing ACORN's corruption on local and state levels.

Today I came across a provocative piece from the father of the girl who posed as a hoooker in those now infamous ACORN tapes. His name is Doug Giles, he writes a syndicated column for Townhall.com, and is a pastor in Florida. His blog-post today on BigGovernment.com (the best site you likely aren't reading...yet) goes after the lack of coverage on the ACORN scandals on the part of the "Christian media."

Why the silence of the lambs, Jesus people?  I would have thought you guys would be all over this stuff like stink on a monkey. But alas, the holy ones are wholly silent.

So, why should there be interest and serious reporting of this mega-tale by the broadcast brethren?  Well, I’m glad you boys finally asked, seeing that we’re now about six weeks out.

Here’s a reason why: Two Christian kids, instead of sitting on their butts in church singing Kum Ba Yah and pulling lint out of their navels in some vapid youth group, saw a multi-million dollar Goliath of crime and corruption fueled by our tax dollars and rose to the occasion, creatively infiltrating an insidious environment and bringing a despicable organization to its knees.  That’s why.  Giles and O’Keefe went biblical. Note that.

Hey, Icthus crowd . . . is that not good enough for you to broadcast? It happened yesterday and was—and still is—huge. I would think you would jump on it because I’ve watched your Christian shows, listened to your radio programs and surfed some of your hallelujah websites, and they could use a Red Bull because they’re bo-ring. Geez people, South Park is even on this!

You’ve ignored this colossal story as you stand on the sidelines of the culture war, watching history being made by two gutsy believers as you ogle some spike-haired Dove award winner or some cheesy, horse-toothed minister who puts the “ky” in icky. You ladies and gents must have some kind of crazy job security.

For the religious among you, I'd love for you to read the rest of his piece and let me know your thoughts on Mr. Giles' take.