Utah Theocracy
The Los Angeles Times, 13 January 2002
Misstatement:
"Church has lowered its profile, but Utah 'theocracy' will be seen and felt nonetheless."
Fact:
Mr. Hugh Hewitt, writing for the WorldNet Daily ("Sneering Agnosticism". January 15, 2002), perhaps responded to this statement best:
"Sometimes the prejudice is subtle. Sometimes it is so boldly breathtaking as to make a reader blink. Sunday's Los Angeles Times provided an example of the latter sort of drive-by hit piece.
"Utah is not a theocracy and, of course, the real 'theocracies' in the world are in especially low esteem today. ... But civil libertarians ought not to tolerate such slanders as 'theocracy' thrown loosely around the front page of a formerly great newspaper."
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“Mormon fundamentalists” and Polygamy,
Various media outlets, 6 Feb 2004
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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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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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"Poison Pen" response,
The Scotsman, 12 Aug 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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