........03.11.07....Judy L. Thomas has been a reporter for The Kansas City Star since 1995. She previously worked for the Wichita Eagle. Among various subjects, her specialty has been covering issues to do with abortion and and what she refers to as "right-wing extremist groups." Thomas won a national Society of Professional Journalists award for her series, "AIDS in the Priesthood.'' She is the co-author (with James Risen) of "Wrath of Angels: The American Abortion War," which was published by BasicBooks in 1998. Basically, it is one of many tiring books from the left about the right and tries to add another uneducated theory on what makes "the religious right" work, but fails to explain who or what this "religious right" is. The books conclusions suggest that such people (or at least the active anti-abortion activists) are all prone to violence because of frustration. L Brent Bozell (Media Research Center) wrote of her "AIDS in the Priesthood" article "Accuracy wasn't the point of Thomas' Kansas City Star article, overthrowing traditional catholicism is." He based his opinion on her bias on her books and past writings which clearly indicate her anti-right, anti catholic bias. It appears to be a passion of hers to actively undermine anything she believes is pro-abortion, pro-catholic, and just clearly doesnt share her leftist views. One of her latest attacks is on Pastor Jerry Johnston of First Family Church in Overland Park and an "expose" on current and past fiscal responsibliity with debts and the IRS. Though I cannot defend or not defend any allegation, I have to wonder why the Kansas City Star passes off such articles as non-bias "investigative journalism" when clearly Thomas has no "unbias" objective. Pastor Johnston is very outspoken against the issue of abortion, among other issues. Is the Kansas City Star going to become the "Kansas City Inquirer?"
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Richard - with all due respect the article re jerry johnston has nothing to do with abortion. trust me if you have ever been a member of this church and been exposed to the all i was you may feel differently. lets not blame everything on social issues and one's particular stance.
its a free country. besides it's about time someone exposes jerry johnston and his cronies' antics which i promise have only just begun coming to light.
Very Pro-Life & In the middle; not "left" or "right"!
regardless of any bias Judy Thomas has been the one to finally get the word out on just who the real Jerry Johnston is. if you had been a member like i was you would feel relieved to know that someone has the courage to expose this man and his cronies. lets not bring right, left, abortion, etc into everything this article merely scratched the surface of what goes on at First Family Church.
PRO-LIFE but practical and very respectful of those who are not.
It's a free country.
I generally have reservations about allowing "anonymous" posts. If someone truly believes what they are saying, they wouldn't have to be "anonymous." But in response, "being in debt" exposes nothing really about anyone. If "being in debt" is an expose on character...than a great deal of Americans have no character. The phrase "it's about time someone exposes Jerry Johnston and his cronies antics" suggests that the "anonymous" writer had a preformulated agenda against Mr Johnston anyway, and articles like this just feed into the conclusions they have already reached. I believe the source of the information speaks volumes about its content, or at least the motivation for the content. As I have said, I do not know whether the allegation are true or not. I have no reason to believe Judy L Thomas just because she carries a "reporters ID". If Judy L Thomas is really "non-bias" and does not have an agenda, then we will begin to see articles about all the churches in the area from Baptist to Unitarian and how they are doing financially when it comes to handling debt. I, personally, find that unlikely to happen. She chose her target. I challenge her to prove me wrong.
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