This isn’t a post about Dr. James Dobson’s comments yesterday about Barack Obama’s biblical inaccuracy (for more about that read: love, devi). This is a post about CNN’s inaccuracy. Click here to read this headline:

Evangelist accuses Obama of ‘distorting’ Bible

Alright, CNN, here’s a quick rundown in terminology:

e·van·ge·list [i-van-juh-list] – noun

1. a Protestant minister who serves as an itinerant or special preacher, esp. a revivalist.

2. a preacher of the gospel.

e·van·gel·i·cal [ee-van-jel-i-kuhl, ev-uhn-] – adjective

1. Also, evangelic. Pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.

2. belonging to or designating the Christian churches that emphasise the teachings and authority of the Scriptures, es. of the New Testament, in opposition to the institutional authority of the church itself, and that stress as paramount the tenet salvation is achieved by personal conversion to faith in the atonement of Christ.

An evangelist is a person who serves the function of preacher of the gospel in the church. It is a position. James Dobson is under no circumstances an evangelist. No evangelical considers him an evangelist, and I guarantee he would not consider himself an evangelist.