Thank you to everyone for making 2012 the best year ever for TheMediaReport.com – now in its ninth year! Our readership continues to grow dramatically, thanks to you. We are very grateful! We figured we would close out the year with … [Read more...]
Where’s the Outrage? Another L.A. School Sex Abuse Shocker: 189 Abuse Claims at Just ONE School!
December 13, 2012 By
Reports of rampant child sex abuse committed at an elementary school in Los Angeles continue to explode. On the heels of other recent shocking reports involving child sex abuse in L.A. schools, NBC4 in Los Angeles has reported: "On … [Read more...]
Another Clear Example of How SNAP Misleads the Public
December 4, 2012 By
We frequently address how the anti-Catholic group SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) deceives the public in its presentations, and now we have another short and simple example. On Monday, SNAP National Director David … [Read more...]
SNAP Leader Blaine Comes Unglued In Search of Media Attention: ‘Nothing’s Changed’ in Catholic Church’s Handling of Abuse Cases
November 28, 2012 By
The measures are unprecedented: "Abuse panels" in nearly every diocese ... the training of millions of children and adults (including 99 percent of all priests) to recognize signs of abuse ... intensified screening of seminarians … [Read more...]
Rich Irony: Child Sex Abuse Issue Reaches the Top Echelon of the New York Times
November 21, 2012 By
As we have noted many times before, the media's obsession with decades-old sex abuse in the Catholic Church is more about its hatred for the Church than it is about sex abuse itself. Not surprisingly, the New York Times has obsessed … [Read more...]
Hysteria Down Under: As Commission Inquiry Approaches, Writers Warn of Anti-Catholicism in Australian Media Coverage
November 19, 2012 By
News of decades-old abuse by Catholic priests in Australia has now reached down under. The breathless reporting by Australian media, however, presages a media narrative in which reason, facts, and logic are ignored, and the media feeds on … [Read more...]
SHOCK STORY: Notorious Church-Suing Lawyer Obtained Clients by Phoning Parishioners and ‘Fishing for Victims’
November 13, 2012 By
Southern California contingency lawyer John Manly, who has pocketed millions of dollars by suing the Catholic Church, has now admitted that his office has obtained clients for abuse lawsuits by making unsolicited phone calls to Catholic … [Read more...]
Contingency Lawyer Saves SNAP Leader From Criminal Contempt Hearing For Violating Court Orders
November 4, 2012 By
Last Tuesday, a Missouri judge was minutes away from deciding if David Clohessy, the National Director of the anti-Catholic group SNAP, would be held criminally in contempt of court for failing to produce documents for an important civil … [Read more...]
Old News Becomes New News? Hollywood Plans Film About Boston Globe’s 2002 Church Abuse Coverage
October 23, 2012 By
The Hollywood industry newspaper Variety is reporting that a director has been assigned to command a movie about the Boston Globe's relentless reporting in 2002 about the Catholic Church abuse scandals. Yet again we see that the media … [Read more...]
Desperate to Stir Up Any Publicity: SNAP Smears TWO Innocent Clerics in Less Than a Week
October 15, 2012 By
Is the anti-Catholic group SNAP running out of Catholic clerics to target and resorting to attacking innocent men? It sure seems like it. Even though an abuse accusation against Wheeling, West Virginia, Bishop Michael J. Bransfield was … [Read more...]
