Clueless on Catholicism (III): Errors, Poor Information Mar LA Times Op-Ed

A November 6, 2006, Los Angeles Times op-ed by someone named Peter C. Boulay blares the title, "Will Catholicism OK Condoms?" Because of errors in fact and misleading information, the article appears to be just another cheap slap … [Read more...]

LA Times Goes To Texas And Alaska For Church Abuse Scandals

Is the Los Angeles Times "piling on" when it comes to covering sex abuse by Christians? Have they misled their readers again? In the front section of today's Los Angeles Times (Tuesday, September 5, 2006) is an article, … [Read more...]

Reader Nails LA Times Columnist for ‘Ignorance,’ ‘Naiveté,’ and ‘Anti-Catholicism’

Last week, in this NewsBusters post, we took issue with the anti-Catholicism in an August 5, 2006, column from Los Angeles Times media critic Tim Rutten. In an especially ugly and vitriolic piece, Rutten capitalized on the arrest of Mel … [Read more...]

Los Angeles Times Gives Forum to Anti-Catholic Zealot

Today's Los Angeles Times (Wed. May 31, 2006) features a nasty anti-Catholic op-ed by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen. Goldhagen is an author of several works that have brutally attacked the Catholic Church, including a 2002 New Republic piece … [Read more...]

LA Times’ Rutten: ‘Da Vinci Code’ Is ‘Only a Movie,’ But Gibson’s ‘Passion’ Was ‘Combustible’

The headline to today's Los Angeles Times' "Regarding Media" column (Sat. May 20, 2006), penned by the perpetually clueless Tim Rutten, is "Media should stop and say, 'It's only a movie'." The movie … [Read more...]

Liberal ‘Catholic’ Smears the Church on Slavery

In an April 21, 2005, column in the Los Angeles Times, entitled "A Catholic Call For Dissent," Catholic gadfly Charles Curran bemoans the appointment of the conservative Cardinal Ratzinger as the next Pope (Benedict XVI). In doing … [Read more...]