On July 21 2007, William Lobdell, the Los Angeles Times Religion writer, authored a piece which described how being a reporter for religion caused him to lose his.
Apparently, Lobdell had viewed the post as Religion writer for the LA Times as a calling, an opportunity for a serious Christian like himself to set straight the many inaccuracies that the main stream media foisted on an unaware audience. He had come to Christ years previously at a retreat run by an Evangelical Mega Church. He had accepted Christ in his heart, had sensed that he was born again, and had become part of the culture that encourages quiet times and devotion to God.
Hypocrisy
After several years of campaigning he finally persuaded the editors of the LA Times to allow him to begin a column called ‘Getting Religion’. He had challenged them that there was an institution in Orange County that drew 15,000 people a weekend and that the paper had written hardly anything about. They couldn’t believe that they’d missed such a phenomenon (that institution was the well-known Saddleback Church, pastored by Rick Warren).
