In the past eight days, ABC News has filed two shocking stories about "a serious epidemic" of sexual abuse and rape of children in Kenya. Not only did the network report that "over 1,000 teachers have been fired for sexually … [Read more...]
UK Writer Slams Media For Gross Misreporting of Catholic Abuse Scandals
September 14, 2010 By
"Did Catholic priests really rape 10,000 children [in the United States] over the past 50 years, as respectable media outlets claim? No, they didn't," writes Brendan O'Neill of England's spiked online magazine. … [Read more...]
LA Times Issues Correction After One-Sided Slam on L.A. Archdiocese
August 28, 2010 By
On Monday, August 24, 2009, the Los Angeles Times printed the following slam in its "California Briefing" section (bold in body of article mine): Parish targeted by victims' group Members of a support group for victims … [Read more...]
Part II: ‘Deliver Us From Evil’ (2006): A Fallacious Attack on Cardinal Roger Mahony
August 2, 2010 By
In the film director Amy Berg often interviews serial abuser Oliver O’Grady inside a church about his disgraceful crimes. Berg overlays graphic descriptions of stomach-turning abuse with images of the Mass and other Catholic imagery. … [Read more...]
Awful: LA Times Uses Obituary Page To Gloat About Catholic Church Misdeeds
October 24, 2009 By
The Los Angeles Times has joyfully discovered a way to keep the clergy misdeeds of the Catholic Church forever in the minds of its readers and the public: the obituary page. Take a look at the obituary of former bishop G. Patrick Ziemann. … [Read more...]
Disparate Coverage in NYT: Kevin Jennings vs. Catholic Priest
October 18, 2009 By
(HT: Catholic League.) Consider the following two stories. Pay attention. There will be a quiz. 1. The Obama administration has appointed Kevin Jennings as a "czar" inside the Department of Education. In addition to being the … [Read more...]
More Wild Tales From John Manly; Manly Can’t Make Up His Mind
September 30, 2009 By
Attorney John Manly was at it again during a September 21, 2009, interview on the John & Ken Show on KFI 640 AM. 1. Manly accused Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony of "[giving] the wrong name of [a] victim to the police." The … [Read more...]
LA Times’ Lopez Misleads On Clergy Scandal
September 24, 2009 By
In a September 23, 2009, article in the Los Angeles Times, Steve Lopez deceives his readers by suggesting that recent testimony by a member of "[Cardinal Roger] Mahony's inner circle" could spell serious problems for the local … [Read more...]
Omissions + Misleading Information = More Dishonesty From LA Times On Clergy Scandal
September 20, 2009 By
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
September 9, 2009 By
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...]
