Faithwire
  • Watch
  • Go!
  • Podcasts
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • News
  • Politics
  • Coronavirus Updates
  • Faith
  • Opinion
  • Christmas
  • Set Free Course

Media Shames Pastor Who Died From Coronavirus

Photo by Tai's Captures/Unsplash
Photo by Tai's Captures/Unsplash
Share Tweet
By Dan Andros
Managing Editor

April 1, 2020

Get free original commentary, interviews, in-depth discussion on stories we cover: SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel.

A Virginia pastor, 66-year-old Landon Spradlin, tragically died after a bout with coronavirus on Wednesday, March 25th, shortly after he’d been diagnosed.

Media outlet Newsweek felt this would be a good time to dig up a two-week-old lone meme the pastor shared, in which he criticized the media for stirring “mass hysteria.” Spradlin’s church had moved to online services and himself had said the threat of the virus was “real,” so it’s clear he was actually taking prevention quite seriously.

The question that remains is, why would a reporter at a major outlet go to such great lengths to pluck someone from obscurity and use their platform to define a person by one meme? Faithwire’s Dan Andros and Tré Goins-Phillips discuss the story that appears to be another example of stories motivated by an anti-Christian agenda.

Latest

  • Life

    ‘There’s a Kid Inside!’: Bodycam Shows Cops Smashing Windows, Saving Little Boy From Home ‘Fully Engulfed in Flames’

  • culture

    ‘Could Be Disastrous’: Transsexual Activist Pushes Back on Own Movement, Warns of Child Indoctrination and Lies

  • Faith

    Report: Southern Baptist Leaders Ignored Reports of Sexual Abuse, Did Not Remove Accused Pastors

  • culture

    ‘God, Why?’: Pastor Stabbed to Death, Burned in Tragic Murder Rattling Community

  • Life

    Major Magazine Turns Latest Issue Into ‘State-by-State Handbook for Anyone In Need’ of Abortion


Navigation

  • Watch
  • Go!
  • Podcasts
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter
  • Staff
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

Subscribe to the Newsletter

Sign up to get our newsletter your inbox every day.

Newsletter Signup

Do you want to read
more articles like this?