Plus, Sen. Mike Lee introduces a bill to curb government spying on U.S. citizens, BYU football versus Iowa State.
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Rebecca Olds was interested in hearing how people of other faiths feel about how their religion is portrayed in the media, so she watched movies and TV shows that depict other faith traditions with practicing members of those faith traditions. Here's what she watched: "Little Mosque on the Prairie" and "Ms. Marvel" with practicing Muslims. "Charmed" and "Good Witch" with practicing Wiccans. "Under the Banner of Heaven" with practicing Latter-day Saints. "Father Stu" with practicing Catholics. She asked the people she watched with to rate how accurately they believed their religion was shown in what they watched together. |
Read more about how the people she watched with ranked how their faith tradition was portrayed onscreen. |
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