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# America's News Religion
- URL: https://www.smoothpebbles.org/news-americas-new-religion/
- Published: 2021-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-04T20:48:25.000Z
- Author: Richard Flanders

*When political narrative replaces faith, truth becomes heresy.*

[The News is America’s New Religion, and We’re in a Religious WarWhen political narrative replaces faith, truth becomes heresy![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fb/e7/fbe7045a-eafe-435c-a0b1-2a8711854853/content/images/icon/https-3A-2F-2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com-2Fpublic-2Fimages-2F619e796a-373f-423c-9151-5e1aac9839e0-2Ffavicon-48x48-d3153720-30ed-4eb7-b8ab-51fa3b42839d.png)Racket NewsMatt Taibbi![](https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/3HQTNZRmJdg)](https://www.racket.news/p/the-news-is-americas-new-religion?utm%5Fid=97757%5Fv0%5Fs00%5Fe0%5Ftv2%5Fa1dennhbh71rh4&ref=smoothpebbles.org)