Jul 24, 2026
You Call this Conservative?
Russell Moore, Dean of Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, asks the question: Are you sure Fox News is Conservative?
Richard Clark
Richard Clark is the Founding Editor of Christ and Pop Culture. He is also the managing editor of Gamechurch and a freelance writer for Unwinnable, Paste, and other outlets. He lives with his wife in Louisville, KY and has a MA in Theology and the Arts from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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4 Comments
Russell Moore is clearly using a different meaning of conservative than is usually meant when people say Fox News is conservative. While Moore is using the term in a moral sense (to support a morality that we thing of as being the old morality), everyone else is using the term—with respect to Fox News—in a political sense (for Fox supports a right-ish political agenda—one that has somehow picked up the descriptor, conservative).
So Moore’s either being naive or he’s equivocating. Either way, he’s getting coal in his stocking this year.
The Danes last blog post..20081119.ChurchLies
Unfortunately, many Christians view Fox as conservative in both senses.
Get outta town, really? What a crazy world!
The Danes last blog post..20081119.ChurchLies
Tell me about it.
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