Tulsa Beacon
{{Short description|Weekly newspaper in Oklahoma}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Tulsa Beacon
| type = Weekly newspaper
| owners = Biggs Communications, Inc.
| founder = Charles and Susan Biggs
| foundation = April 2001
| website = {{URL|tulsabeacon.com}}
}}
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The Tulsa Beacon is a weekly newspaper in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was founded by Charles and Susan Biggs under the corporate name Biggs Communications, Inc. The first paper was published in April 2001.
Features
The Tulsa Beacon features news from Tulsa and the surrounding area. It includes local columnists, a recipe page, church news, columns by Dr. Billy Graham and Focus on the Family, local editorials and letters to the editor, syndicated columnists David Limbaugh, Pat Buchanan, and Walter Williams), local sports, movie reviews, classified ads, and legal notices. The Tulsa Beacon is a legal newspaper and a member of the Oklahoma Press Association.
Editorial and opinion
The Tulsa Beacon has a conservative editorial policy with an evangelical Christian slant.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} For example, the newspaper promotes the teaching of creation science and intelligent design as electives in public schools.{{cite web |url=http://www.tulsabeacon.com/?p=1358 |title=Evolution indoctrination at OU | Tulsa Beacon |accessdate=2009-02-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216180719/http://www.tulsabeacon.com/?p=1358 |archivedate=2009-02-16 }} The newspaper is also very critical of football safety reform,{{cite web |url=http://www.tulsabeacon.com/article/liberals-want-to-tear-down-the-manly-sport-of-football |title=Liberals want to tear down the manly sport of football | Tulsa Beacon |accessdate=2014-10-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102173428/http://www.tulsabeacon.com/article/liberals-want-to-tear-down-the-manly-sport-of-football |archivedate=2014-11-02 }} same-sex sexual activity,{{cite web |url=http://www.tulsabeacon.com/article/rush-to-approve-immorality-will-damage-americas-culture |title=Rush to approve immorality will damage America's culture | Tulsa Beacon |accessdate=2014-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026182313/http://www.tulsabeacon.com/article/rush-to-approve-immorality-will-damage-americas-culture |archivedate=2014-10-26 }} and are occasionally critical of pop culture.{{cite web |url=http://www.tulsabeacon.com/article/stay-away-from-harry-potter-and-instead-teach-the-bible |title=Stay away from Harry Potter and instead, teach the Bible | Tulsa Beacon |accessdate=2014-10-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026175920/http://www.tulsabeacon.com/article/stay-away-from-harry-potter-and-instead-teach-the-bible |archivedate=2014-10-26 }} The Tulsa Beacon refers to itself as "Tulsa's Family Newspaper." Charles Biggs has compared the political stance of his newspaper to that of Fox News.{{cite news |last1=Berg |first1=Steve |title=Tulsa Beacon newspaper ready to take on the 'World' |url=https://www.newson6.com/story/7710734/tulsa-beacon-newspaper-ready-to-take-on-the-world |accessdate=18 April 2020 |agency=News on 6 |publisher=Griffin Communications |date=29 June 2003}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.tulsabeacon.com Tulsa Beacon online]
- [http://www.okpress.com OK Press.com]
- [http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/36/2031/15018 Mondo Times]
Category:Newspapers established in 2001
Category:Newspapers published in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Category:Weekly newspapers published in the United States
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