[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
Kyra Phillips promoted her upcoming documentary on atheism on the 23 March 2015 edition of CNN Tonight by asserting that "there's such a stigma on that word 'atheist.' People think devil worshiper – no moral compass." Phillips underlined how "there was a time where they just used the word 'atheist.' And now, you are hearing 'humanist,' 'nons,' 'skeptics,' 'free-thinkers.'..this is all the same thing. These are people that don't believe in God. They're just scared to say the word."