Episode 486: The Gospel and Fake News with Love Thy Neighborhood
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
A recent survey found that 49 percent of pastors reported conspiracy theories were spreading within their congregations. This is especially prevalent within evangelical communities. Although evangelicals are supposed to be known as people of the “good news”—which is what the word “evangelical” literally means—in many places they’ve become the largest consumers and spreaders of “fake news.” In this special episode co-produced with the Love Thy Neighborhood podcast, Skye Jethani and Jesse Eubanks take a closer look at the origins and impact of fake news. How we should define what’s “fake”, why it’s become such a problem, and what can Christians do about it.
Love Thy Neighborhood podcast: https://lovethyneighborhood.org/ltnpodcast/
Holy Post website: https://www.holypost.com
0:00 - Intro
2:04 - War of the Worlds
7:40 - What is fake news?
https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/special-report-2020-engagement-analysis/
https://lifewayresearch.com/2021/01/26/half-of-u-s-protestant-pastors-hear-conspiracy-theories-in-their-churches/
https://guides.lib.umich.edu/fakenews
10:25 - Fake news in the church
https://www.businessinsider.com/pastors-quit-after-qanon-radicalize-congregation-2021-3
12:01 - Follow the money
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/abs/partisan-polarization-is-the-primary-psychological-motivation-behind-political-fake-news-sharing-on-twitter/3F7D2098CD87AE5501F7AD4A7FA83602
23:17 - Episode sponsors
With God Daily: http://withgoddaily.com
The Movie Proposal: https://www.themovieproposal.com
25:35 - Technology
Jason Thacker: https://jasonthacker.com
https://news.mit.edu/2018/study-twitter-false-news-travels-faster-true-stories-0308
31:03 - Reclaiming truth
https://www.allsides.com
https://www.businessinsider.com/christians-are-often-victims-of-conspiracy-theories-health-falsehoods-2021-4
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, welcome to episode 486. |
| 0:03.2 | You know, every week we really enjoy talking about the news of the day, |
| 0:06.7 | stories that are happening in and around the church that are affecting people of faith. |
| 0:10.9 | We love figuring out how to navigate what it means to be faithful in our diverse pluralistic |
| 0:15.1 | culture, and of course we love sharing conversations with you with some of the best Christian |
| 0:18.9 | thinkers we can find. But every once in a while we like to do something a little different. |
| 0:23.2 | And go deeper into a topic and research it more and give you something more substantive than, |
| 0:29.0 | say, news of the butt. Not that there's anything wrong with that. |
| 0:32.0 | Well, this week that's what we're doing. Something a little bit different. |
| 0:34.8 | This episode was co-produced with our friends at the Love Thy Neighborhood Podcast, |
| 0:39.3 | and it's a deeper exploration into the issue of fake news, which is something that comes up all |
| 0:44.3 | the time on the Holy Post. So in this episode you're going to hear me and my friend Jesse U-Banks |
| 0:49.5 | from Love Thy Neighborhood as we explore stories that reveal the truth behind fake news, |
| 0:54.4 | the impact it's having, and what we can do about it as Christians. |
| 0:58.4 | Before we jump into this special episode, however, two things I want to remind you of number one, |
| 1:02.8 | our next live stream for Patreon subscribers is coming up on December 13th. That's next Monday |
| 1:08.8 | at 8 p.m. Central. So mark your calendars. We're going to have a special end of the year live stream, |
| 1:13.8 | and we'd love for you to join us and interact with us live via YouTube. Secondly, |
| 1:18.3 | we recently launched a merch store for the Holy Post. That means if you go to HolyPost.com, |
| 1:23.6 | you can now purchase HolyPost sweatshirts, t-shirts, hats, mugs, stickers, all kinds of items, |
| 1:29.2 | and it's perfect timing for the holidays. So be sure to check that out. Again, |
| 1:33.3 | the live stream is Monday, December 13th at 8 p.m., and the merch store is now live at HolyPost.com. |
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