Tehama County, California, is one of the Golden State's more-backward counties, with a population of about 60,000 and a local economy predicated on tourism and…uh, not much else. The main newspaper in town, the Red Bluff Daily News, is a Dean Singleton-owned rag, and thus we can't expect much of it.
But the Daily News' advance story last week to publicize an appearance by homo-hating Chuck Smith (founder of Santa Ana's Calvary Chapel) goes even below the depths of mainstream journalism. “He has remained a student of the word of God, as well as being gifted by God as a teacher of the word,” the unsigned story gushed. “He has been given the ability to teach God's word in a simple, low-key, yet powerful manner that listeners of all ages can easily learn and apply to their daily lives.”
Unless the Nazarene is the Daily News editor, the “story” sounds more like a Calvary Chapel press release or an evangelical writer trying to impose their views on Tehama County's yokel populace. No comments yet on the Daily News website–although we can't imagine any complaints considering the paper's most popular story at the moment is about a biting dog.
Pictured: Smith
