The Ignorance of KFI’s John Kobylt: Cardinal Mahony Has ‘Love’ For Child Rapists

Many have said that bigotry is bred from ignorance. KFI's John Kobylt, half the afternoon drive team of John & Ken on Los Angeles' KFI 640 AM, may have illustrated this perfectly during an angry rant against Cardinal Mahony … [Read more...]

Omissions + Misleading Information = More Dishonesty From LA Times On Clergy Scandal

A September 19, 2009, article in the Los Angeles Times by Martha Groves and Richard Winton blares the headline, "Sex abuse cover-up by L.A. Archdiocese is alleged." Under the headline: "The former vicar of clergy testifies … [Read more...]

LA Times’ Helfand Cherrypicks Pew Study To Overstate Effect of Abuse Scandal On Ex-Catholics

On September 6, 2009, the Los Angeles Times published an article by Duke Helfand about efforts by Catholic dioceses to draw ex-Catholics back to the Church. Helfand penned the following passage (bold mine): Most people raised Catholic … [Read more...]

Did Penn & Teller Set a World Record For Most Falsehoods in One Show? (Full Version)

Dr. Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, has said, "Penn & Teller's Nazi-like assault on Catholicism that took place on August 27 will go down in history as one of the most vile, obscene programs ever aired in any … [Read more...]

Only in the Boston Globe: Excommunicated Priest is ‘Prominent,’ ‘In Good Standing’

What do you call an excommunicated Catholic priest, ignorant of the sacraments, who openly calls for the ordination of women? If you're the Boston Globe, you call him a "prominent priest" who is "in good standing." … [Read more...]

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Writes About Catholicism, Hardly Knows A Thing About It

When it comes to getting published, I guess it really helps to have "Kennedy" in your name, especially when writing about a topic you know little about. A new article by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend at Newsweek.com exhibits such a … [Read more...]

Media Singles Out Catholic Church, Goes Wild Over Report of Decades-Old Abuse – In Ireland

Since when is the media so interested in keeping America abreast of the latest news coming out of Ireland? A commission in Ireland just released a report detailing awful abuse of children who attended Catholic schools "from the … [Read more...]

Not the Catholic Church? (IV): L.A. School District ‘Repeatedly’ Returned Child Molesters to the Classroom; Where’s the Media?

An explosive, front-page investigation on Sunday (5/10/09) in the Los Angeles Times reported that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) "repeatedly" returned teachers and aides credibly accused of child molestation back … [Read more...]

LA Times Minimizes Child Abuse, More Bothered By ‘Conservatives’ Exposing It

On Sunday (4/26/09), the Los Angeles Times finally got around to looking into the issue of Planned Parenthood workers caught on hidden camera appearing to violate the law. Workers at numerous clinics around the country appear to be … [Read more...]

More Disparate Coverage From LA Times (And Rest of Media) In Covering Sex Abuse

Check out the following two stories: 1. A former Catholic priest comes forward Monday (4/20/09) to say that another priest abused him as a teenager nearly 30 years ago. (The accused priest has no other similar public complaints and … [Read more...]