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Still the Times article is better than that of London's The Independent, which is full of baloney. The end-times flick Megiddo, the paper reports, "the briskest business of any U.S. film released at the weekend." Well, that's not exactly true, and doesn't acknowledge that the only major studio release this week was Mariah Carey's Glitter—which had a larger total box office (though drew in less per screen than Megiddo). And then there's this great gem of a paragraph, quoting Church on the Way senior pastor Scott Bauer:

"The Bible teaches us that every generation may be the last one. I don't know if people are afraid of that as such, but there is a sobriety that this is a different crisis from others we have faced." Pastor Bauer was careful in his phraseology, partly because his particular church believes that events can be altered by the power of prayer (and his 10,000-strong congregation has been praying a lot). Partly, too, there is a desire not to alarm people further when they are alarmed enough by facts.

Between articles like this and watching a BBC reporter question the heroism of New York City rescue workers because they didn't find anyone alive after September 12, Weblog is glad he doesn't have to depend on the British news media.

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