Imagine the mayor of a major city announcing to the public, "Crime is low!" But in doing so, the mayor cites statistics that are over seven years old. That would be dishonest, would it not? Of course it would. Well, the advocacy … [Read more...]
NY Times: This Is What the Back of the Pope’s Head Looks Like
September 23, 2011 By
This past week, Pope Benedict XVI made a historic visit to his homeland, Germany. The pontiff celebrated Mass in front of tens of thousands of followers and addressed the German parliament. What did the Pope actually say to these … [Read more...]
SNAP National Director: We Want the Pope in Jail
September 21, 2011 By
In a recent article for Time magazine (9/20/11), the national director of SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests), David Clohessy, acknowledges that a vision of his organization is that the Pope be jailed. In a successful … [Read more...]
Catholic League Slams Rolling Stone for ‘New Low in Yellow Journalism’
September 20, 2011 By
The Catholic League issued an extended commentary this week lambasting a recent article (9/15/11) in Rolling Stone magazine that purported to chronicle the abuse narrative in Philadelphia. The Catholic League president, Dr. Bill Donohue, … [Read more...]
No Fairness For Innocent Priests at BishopAccountability.org
September 8, 2011 By
The high-profile web site BishopAccountability.org has long extolled a policy that it will not publicly post the names and cases of priests in which the accusers have recanted their claims. However, the organization continues to do this … [Read more...]
Shame on SNAP: Even After Priest Is Exonerated, Group Attacks Falsely Accused Cleric
August 11, 2011 By
Earlier this month (8/8/11), a Hawaii jury deliberated just minutes to declare that Fr. Bohdan Borowec, a Ukrainian Catholic priest visiting on vacation from Canada, was entirely innocent on charges of kidnapping and sexual … [Read more...]
SPECIAL REPORT: Evidence of Collaboration Between the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and SNAP (Part II)
August 7, 2011 By
This is Part II of a TheMediaReport.com Special Report. For Part I, go here. TheMediaReport.com has uncovered even more episodes of collaboration between individuals in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office and the Catholic … [Read more...]
NYT Trumpets Female Catholic ‘Priests’ For Second Week In a Row; HuffPo Fumbles
August 1, 2011 By
For the second week in a row, the New York Times has embraced the mission of trumpeting the fruitless cause of female "priests" in the Catholic Church. What gives? As faulty as Laurie Goodstein's article was last week, the … [Read more...]
While Trumpeting ‘Female Priests,’ NYT’s Goodstein Commits More Faulty Reporting on Catholic Church
July 24, 2011 By
When reporting stories concerning the Catholic Church, the New York Times' Laurie Goodstein has had a very troublesome track record with the facts. (For starters: 1, 2.) Unfortunately, Goodstein's record only gets worse after … [Read more...]
