Well, there's something you don't hear every day. Although, as it turns out, you might hear it a lot more from different sports figures if the media would faithfully report what they say instead of leaving the faith angle on the cutting room floor.Facing the world’s press, he offered this response to a question about his goals and motivations:
“The reason why I play golf is I’m trying to glorify God and all that He’s done in my life,” he said. “So for me, my identity isn’t a golf score. Like Meredith told me this morning, ‘If you win this golf tournament today, if you lose this golf tournament by 10 shots, if you never win another golf tournament again,’ she goes, ‘I’m still going to love you, you’re still going to be the same person, Jesus loves you and nothing changes.’ All I’m trying to do is glorify God and that’s why I’m here and that’s why I’m in this position.”
This is from a Get Religion piece which looks at which media faithfully reported what Scottie Schefler said and which ones decided to not mention religion or God. After all, what Get Religion does is to report on the way the media reports (or doesn't) on religion.
Go read the whole thing. You can follow it up with another example from Get Religion: What happened when this 2022 Final Four hero was asked to explain his heart, mind, and soul?The question is not whether journalists should INSERT religion into a story about an event of this magnitude. The question is why journalists feel the need to edit faith material OUT of these kinds of stories if some athletes — when asked to explain What. Makes. Them. Tick — openly and consistently discuss the role that religious faith plays in their lives.Terry Mattingly, Get Religion
That missing piece, again: Why edit the faith factor out of Scheffler's win at the Masters?
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