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From: credmond@watmath.UUCP (Chris Redmond)
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Subject: Re: The Evil Media
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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 10:48:28 EDT
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> If indeed most journalists are atheists, that shows that they have
> acquired the mindset they OUGHT to have, that of skepticism.

I agree with the scepticism part, but not the atheism part -- first
because atheism is the result of belief, not of scepticism, and
second because I doubt that many journalists are atheists.  Agnostics,
yes: they think (like a great many people) that one can't be sure
of the answers to big questions such as the existence of God.
I work on the fringes of the journalism business, and my impression
is that scepticism and its component, agnosticism, are the general
attitude there.   

Remember, a lot of good Christians are also agnostics!