Pittsburgh Diocese Continues Anti-Media Campaign
The Roman Catholic Church hates the media for having exposed their child-molesting priests and the bishops who spared no expense in covering up for them. One way the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Diocese has found to fight back has been, since mid-2004, to publish a steady stream of anti-media articles in the diocesan paper, The Pittsburgh Catholic.
The latest anti-media spin was found in the Nov 25 issue, in an article titled, "Real News from Synod Ignored by Reporters."
It seems the press coverage of the recent Synod of Bishops in Rome wasn't what the Catholic Church wanted! The article moaned that the media focused on the "ordination of women and the end of priestly celibacy," instead of the high and mighty pronouncements about wafers made by various bishops.
The article made some very sweeping claims. It said:
"The fact that EVERY REPORTER (emphasis mine) covering the synod knew neither issue (women and celibacy) would receive serious discussion was unimportant."
Comment – According to the Pittsburgh diocese, "EVERY REPORTER" got it wrong? Hmmmm......this betrays the REAL Catholic intent of this article – they are not interested in truth, but in using it as a vehicle to attack the media.
What I found interesting was the way the article complained about how they think the media operates in covering news. Instead, it's actually a good description of how the Catholic Church reads its own perverted theology into the bible! The article said:
"News editors or reporters determine how an event or series will be covered at the outset. The story is molded for quotes, facts and analysis that will buttress that perspective. This can become problematic, as the event itself becomes almost irrelevant except as a hook to the preconceived notion of how the story will be reported."
Wow! That's a rather broad statement! Question – Is the media really this bad? Or, is Catholic hatred for the media's reporting on their child-molesting priests showing through?
Answer - Catholic hatred for the media's reporting on their child-molesting priests is showing through!
We thank God for a free press – and we thank God for all the children who have NOT been molested the past three years because of media reports on the Catholic Church. I can only wonder if the editors of The Pittsburgh Catholic would have preferred those children been molested? Such is the heart of Rome.
The latest anti-media spin was found in the Nov 25 issue, in an article titled, "Real News from Synod Ignored by Reporters."
It seems the press coverage of the recent Synod of Bishops in Rome wasn't what the Catholic Church wanted! The article moaned that the media focused on the "ordination of women and the end of priestly celibacy," instead of the high and mighty pronouncements about wafers made by various bishops.
The article made some very sweeping claims. It said:
"The fact that EVERY REPORTER (emphasis mine) covering the synod knew neither issue (women and celibacy) would receive serious discussion was unimportant."
Comment – According to the Pittsburgh diocese, "EVERY REPORTER" got it wrong? Hmmmm......this betrays the REAL Catholic intent of this article – they are not interested in truth, but in using it as a vehicle to attack the media.
What I found interesting was the way the article complained about how they think the media operates in covering news. Instead, it's actually a good description of how the Catholic Church reads its own perverted theology into the bible! The article said:
"News editors or reporters determine how an event or series will be covered at the outset. The story is molded for quotes, facts and analysis that will buttress that perspective. This can become problematic, as the event itself becomes almost irrelevant except as a hook to the preconceived notion of how the story will be reported."
Wow! That's a rather broad statement! Question – Is the media really this bad? Or, is Catholic hatred for the media's reporting on their child-molesting priests showing through?
Answer - Catholic hatred for the media's reporting on their child-molesting priests is showing through!
We thank God for a free press – and we thank God for all the children who have NOT been molested the past three years because of media reports on the Catholic Church. I can only wonder if the editors of The Pittsburgh Catholic would have preferred those children been molested? Such is the heart of Rome.
posted by Robt. B. at 10:05 AM
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