Tom Green, Polygamist coverage
BBC, Australian newspapers, 05 September 2002
Misstatement:
In a 28 August report entitled "Polygamist Jailed for Child Rape," the BBC referred to polygamist Tom Green as a member of the
"Mormon Church." The report stated, "The Mormon Church, to which Green belongs, renounced polygamy in the 1890s, when Utah became a
state."
Other erroneous reports, referring to Tom Green as a "Mormon," appeared in several Australian newspapers — the
Australian, the Daily Telegraph (Sydney), the Courier Mail (Brisbane) and the
Advertiser (Adelaide).
Fact:
Green is not a member of the "Mormon Church," properly called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was excommunicated in the 1980s for the practice of polygamy. It is true that the Church discontinued polygamy more than 100 years ago.
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DNA and the Book of Mormon,
Various media outlets, 11 Nov 2003
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Church Response to Jon Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven,
(New York: Doubleday, 2003), 27 Jun 2003
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Capital Punishment in Utah,
Various news outlets, 27 May 2003
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American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, September 1857
by Sally Denton,
Knopf, 3 Aug 2003
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Erroneous Reporting of Elizabeth Smart Case,
Sydney Morning Herald, 24 Mar 2003
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Message of Peace Misinterpreted,
Various news outlets, 7 Oct 2002
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Tom Green, Polygamist coverage,
BBC, Australian newspapers, 5 Sep 2002
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"Poison Pen" response,
The Scotsman, 12 Aug 2002
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Mormon Tom Green,
Court TV, 3 Jun 2002
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Speculations on suicide and depression,
KUTV, "Eye On America," CBS News, 3 Jun 2002
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Utah Theocracy,
The Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan 2002
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Fundamentalist Mormons,
The Toronto Star, 6 Feb 2002
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30,000 Mormon Polygamists,
USA Today, 12 Feb 2002
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Mormons in Utah,
The Washington Post, 14 Feb 2002
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Alcohol on Medals Plaza,
The Gazette (Colorado Springs), 18 Feb 2002
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