This week United States Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) delivered the very sad claim that he was sexually abused by a camp counselor when he was 10 years old. How did the Boston Globe cover this news? As part of its reporting of the story, the … [Read more...]
SNAP Misleads Public Regarding False Accusations, Refuses to Acknowledge Massive Fraud
SNAP (Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests) has again promoted a misleading, nine-year-old citation from the New York Times to assert that false accusations against Catholic priests are rare. In truth, SNAP's stale reference, … [Read more...]
Hit-and-Run: Media Slams Vatican With Bogus ‘Smoking Gun’ Story
Media outlets have uncritically trumpeted a story that claims a 1997 letter is a "smoking gun" that proves that Vatican officials warned Irish bishops not to report child abuse to civil authorities. In fact, as a cursory look at … [Read more...]
*TheMediaReport.com SPECIAL REPORT* SNAP Uncovered: Shocking Facts About the Media’s Favorite Church-Bashing Group
Fact 1: A Victims' Support Group Where Support Comes Last SNAP has claimed that the "organization's primary purpose is to provide support for men & women who have been sexually victimized by members of the clergy," … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Attorney Declares Rampant Fraud, Many Abuse Claims Against Catholic Priests are ‘Entirely False’
In a stunning ten-page declaration (pdf)* recently submitted to the Los Angeles County Superior Court, veteran attorney Donald H. Steier stated that his investigations into claims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests have uncovered vast … [Read more...]
Andrew Sullivan Tagged for Rampant Falsehoods About Catholic Church, Pope
[HT: Thomas Peters, American Papist at CatholicVote.org] Following a debate the other night with Maggie Gallagher on the topic of gay "marriage," pundit Andrew Sullivan has been cited for airing a number of falsehoods and lies … [Read more...]
Media’s Double Standard Continues When Reporting Child Sex Abuse
Here are two stories from this past week: 1. "A [newly released] General Accountability Office (GAO) investigation has found that people with histories of sexual misconduct are still getting hired by school systems across the [United … [Read more...]
Media Falls Way Short in Claiming Pope Has ‘Justified’ Condom Use
The media is practically falling over themselves with a report, propagated in part by the flimsy Nicole Winfield of the Associated Press, that Pope Benedict XVI has "justified" the use of condoms. (See this enormous (and … [Read more...]
Commentary: SNAP Should Condemn Brutal Attack on Priest
The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) should condemn a high-profile, brutal attack against an elderly priest whom the suspected attacker alleges abused him in 1975. The known facts, from an Associated Press report … [Read more...]
LA Times Continues to Propagate Abortion Falsehoods
A defender of abortion falsely claims in a letter in today's Los Angeles Times (Sat. 11/10/07), "The Bible does mention abortion." The erroneous reader adds that a passage in the Bible, Numbers 5, gives a "a detailed … [Read more...]