On Saturday (2/19/11), the Los Angeles Times published an article, "Ex-high school principal gets 8 years for molesting four girls." The case involved Jonas Vital Silverio, who had pleaded no contest to 10 counts of lewd acts on a … [Read more...]
Media Quiet to Case of Non-Citizen Convicted Child Molester Who Was High School Principal
February 22, 2011 By
You Say, ‘Child Abuse’; Boston Globe Says, ‘Catholic Church’
February 21, 2011 By
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...]
Hit-and-Run: Media Slams Vatican With Bogus ‘Smoking Gun’ Story
January 21, 2011 By
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...]
Andrew Sullivan Tagged for Rampant Falsehoods About Catholic Church, Pope
December 27, 2010 By
[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
December 27, 2010 By
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...]
With Pope in Spain, AP’s Winfield Trumpets Gay ‘Kiss-in,’ Misrepresents Catholic Church
November 7, 2010 By
The Associated Press' Nicole Winfield is at it again with erroneous and slanted reporting of the Catholic Church. In an article about Pope Benedict XVI's dedication of a basilica in Spain this weekend (Sun. 11/7/10), Winfield … [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...]
Boston Globe, Elie Wiesel Revive Pope Pius XII Holocaust Smear
August 17, 2010 By
In a dreadful August 16, 2010, article in the perpetually anti-Catholic Boston Globe, the paper failed to correct high-profile Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel when he falsely claimed that Pope Pius XII "did nothing to protest" the … [Read more...]
Catholic League Nabs NY Times, Boston Globe Over Lack of ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy
July 31, 2010 By
(Via The Catholic League.) For years, the bowties at the New York Times and the Boston Globe have been harpooning the Catholic Church over a supposed lack of a "zero tolerance" policy towards abusive priests. (The truthfulness of … [Read more...]
