Why "Evangelical" instead of "Protestant"?

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TennNC said:
First, as a non-Evangelical Christian, I appreciate when "the media" (love that term, btw) distinguishes Evangelical thought or action from other Christians who don't share the same. Are there not portions within Islam that are fundamentalist? Are there not portions within Judaism that are Hasidic? Are there not portions of Southerners who want a return to the Confederacy? A portion of Americans who think 9-11 was a conspiracy? Why not just refer to them by their larger group? Because that descriptor would make the reporting less accurate and actually "broad brush paint" even more. They're actually protecting the reputations of all involved (including Evangelicals, who I'd bet are pretty proud to be called that).

Second, you've stated multiple times that "the media" primarily cares about making money. If true (and I agree to a large extent), why in the world would they "marginalize" more than 3/4 of the American public?

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Because for the most part that 3/4 is not their target audience. Furthermore most of the population in America today does not grasp the subtle differences.
 
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TennNC said:
proof?
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I can't provide absolute proof but every network has a target audience above and beyond age brackets. Liberal outlets target liberal viewers or readers usually by trying to pick apart their conservative counterparts and vice versa.
 
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TennNC said:
It was GaVol who posted:

"Most of the time the term is used seemingly to marginalize."

Do you disagree with GaVol?

And how in the world is it denigrating to you if they're being portrayed how they want to be portrayed? geez, bpv, your last post above makes you sound like a bleeding heart liberal.
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it's not denigrating to me in the least, but it is to a group too stupid to realize it.

They are being marginalized to the rest of the viewing world, but I get the sense that it makes the actual evangelicals puff their chests out. In essence, they're being marginalized, but have no idea.
 
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KB5252 said:
I can't provide absolute proof but every network has a target audience above and beyond age brackets. Liberal outlets target liberal viewers or readers usually by trying to pick apart their conservative counterparts and vice versa.
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well, I can tell you, since I work in advertising and know enough about media buys, that there is not an intent to disenfranchise Christians. Media companies absolutely do not just target the less than 1/4 of the population that's not Christian.
 
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Both of my parents are pastors, so I have seen almost everything on this topic. The difference between them is that protestants break off from the roman catholic church to from other denominations like: methodist, lutherans, and presby. Evangelical denominations are off shoot of the protestant church, who are active in sending out missionaries to non-Christians, and are also active in evangelizing non-believers.Some Protestants are more diverse than evangelicals.
 
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TennNC said:
so what do you propose we do about their stupidity?
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nothing. They made their bed, they can deal with it. I was simply answering the question from a third party POV. I think the "media" loves that they can essentially villify the outspoken conservative Christians by calling them something that paints them into a very small box.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
nothing. They made their bed, they can deal with it. I was simply answering the question from a third party POV. I think the "media" loves that they can essentially villify the outspoken conservative Christians by calling them something that paints them into a very small box.
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okay.

as i said before, i'm glad they don't paint me in the same box as some others. call them whatever you want, but as soon as I start being lumped in with them on these key distinctions, then I'll request to be called something else.
 
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TennNC said:
okay.

as i said before, i'm glad they don't paint me in the same box as some others. call them whatever you want, but as soon as I start being lumped in with them on these key distinctions, then I'll request to be called something else.
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why?
 
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