Tulsa Beacon

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. [1]

Editorial and opinion

The Tulsa Beacon has a conservative editorial policy with an evangelical Christian slant. For example, the newspaper promotes the teaching of creation science and intelligent design as equal alternatives to evolution.[2] The newspaper is also very critical of liberals,[3] gay people,[4] and even Harry Potter.[5] 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.[6]

References
  1. By Charles Biggs, editor and publisher of the Tulsa Beacon
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2009-02-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2014-10-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2014-09-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2014-10-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Berg, Steve (29 June 2003). "Tulsa Beacon newspaper ready to take on the 'World'". Griffin Communications. News on 6. Retrieved 18 April 2020.


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