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SALT LAKE CITY 30 September 2008 In an article dated 25 September 2008, entitled “Shirtless LDS missionary calendar back for 2009,” Jennifer Dobner of the Associated Press failed to provide readers with a clear and entirely accurate story.

In her lead sentence, Dobner writes, “A dozen Mormon missionaries are again taking off their trademark white shirts for a calendar that seeks to strip away stereotypes about their church.” To be accurate, the article should have referred to the models as former Mormon missionaries none of whom are serving as missionaries now nor were they at the time they were photographed.

This error embodies much more than simple semantics. For those familiar with the Church’s missionary program, the act of full-time missionaries posing shirtless for a calendar may seem preposterous.

harmony wrote:I'm left wondering where are the articles on things that really matter right now... like getting out and staying out of debt, of living within our means, of living the simple life, of saving, of food storage.

In her lead sentence, Dobner writes, “A dozen Mormon missionaries are again taking off their trademark white shirts for a calendar that seeks to strip away stereotypes about their church.” To be accurate, the article should have referred to the models as former Mormon missionaries none of whom are serving as missionaries now nor were they at the time they were photographed.

The Nehor wrote:This has been brought to you by people who nitpick everything the Church says. Yet when the Church does it it is petty. Hmmm....would that make them petty people?

TAK wrote:

The Nehor wrote:This has been brought to you by people who nitpick everything the Church says. Yet when the Church does it it is petty. Hmmm....would that make them petty people?

BS..
Care to show who ever you people are?? ~ nitpicks "everything the Church says."

I doubt I have made a comment on 1/2 of 1 percent of everything the Church says..

bcspace wrote:

In her lead sentence, Dobner writes, “A dozen Mormon missionaries are again taking off their trademark white shirts for a calendar that seeks to strip away stereotypes about their church.” To be accurate, the article should have referred to the models as former Mormon missionaries none of whom are serving as missionaries now nor were they at the time they were photographed.

A valid complaint. Missionaries are representing the Church in an official capacity. Former missionaries likely are not.