Category Archives: Biased Media Coverage

7 February 2012

Pres. Obama’s Axelrod says Catholics should SHUT UP AND COMPLY.

From WaPo and AP I just learned that Pres. Obama’s campaign director David Axelrod has said something revelatory about the administration’s ultimate goals.
Obama’s senior political adviser urges all sides in birth control fight to ‘lower our voices’  [Get that?  It’s … Continue reading

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3 February 2012

Pres. Obama and four treaties which would harm the USA

I saw an interesting video on DickMorris.com. Here is the caption:
President Obama is about to sign four treaties which surrender our sovereignty, enact gun control, cede the power to go to war to the U.N., and tell us how … Continue reading

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25 January 2012

Fr. Z endorses idea from NcFishwrap. Sky to Fall. Lord to Return. Film at 11.

Was that booming CRACK I just heard the opening of the Fifth Seal?
You know that things are getting pretty serious when Fr. Z endorses an idea from the National catholic Fishwrap.
But it was a good idea, and around here we play … Continue reading

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23 January 2012

Today – compare and contrast: National Catholic Register and National Catholic Reporter

Today is marked in particular by the March For Life in Washington, D.C.
The front page of the National Catholic Register is very focused on the Church’s prolife message.
Fishwrap?  Zip.
At least not yet.  They are probably preparing massive coverage for later in … Continue reading

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11 January 2012

SCOTUS unanimous decision upholding religious liberty, “ministerial exception”

My mind returns to the moment in Pres. Obama’s State of the Union Address when he chose to scold the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, while they sat and, from decorum and custom, could do nothing … Continue reading

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7 January 2012

Archbp. Nienstedt building unity among clergy in favor of the defense of marriage Amendment in Minnesota..

Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Minnesota Catholic Conference have nailed their colors to the mast.  WDTPRS will go to the wall to help his efforts.
They are spearheading promotion of an amendment to the Constitution of … Continue reading

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2 January 2012

Alan Colmes remarks about Rick Santorum’s child; Santorum’s remarks about marriage

I watched a segment on Hannity’s show tonight (between plays) and candidate Rick Santorum was on. He explained the death of his newborn child, which became a point of – I am not making this up – mockery from … Continue reading

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30 December 2011

Whatever happend to transparency?

Over at the National catholic Fishwrap there is an interesting story about SNAP resisting a deposition.
Whatever happened to the transparency SNAP always demands from everyone else?
Hasn’t SNAP perpetually demanded that every diocese hand over every scrap of paper … Continue reading

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23 December 2011

HuffPo is having a spittle-flecked nutty about Card. George of Chicago.

HuffPo‘s spittle-flecked nutty about Card. George of Chicago. His Eminence made an on-camera remark about the homosexual-activist movement possibly morphing into something like the KKK.
Cardinal George: Chicago Gay Pride Parade, LGBT Movement Could ‘Morph Into Ku Klux Klan’
Cardinal Francis … Continue reading

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12 December 2011

A reading tip – Catholic Priests Falsely Accused: The Facts, The Fraud, The Stories

Not exactly light reading, but this is an important topic… and not just for priests and bishops!  Everyone should be concerned about this.
Check out David F. Pierre Jr.’s book Catholic Priests Falsely Accused: The Facts, The Fraud, The Stories.
It is … Continue reading

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9 December 2011

John L. Allen on a case in Ireland: a priest, falsely accused, but the press doesn’t make corrections

While I have posted some items about dreadful pieces in the Fishwrap, to be fair there is a good piece by my friend the nearly-ubiquitous John L Allen, Jr. about the persecution of a priest falsely accused of abuse of … Continue reading

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7 December 2011

KC, MO: The Star continues its relentless biased attacks on the Church

Over at SERVIAM you can learn a great deal about what is going on in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph and the relentless attacks on Bp. Finn in particular and the Catholic Church in general.

Technorati Tags: D. Kansas City-St. … Continue reading

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3 December 2011

Peter Kreeft on liberals: “A Catholic cannot be today what is called a liberal about abortion.”

From the Wisconsin State Journal we have a tale of the visit and speech given by Dr. Peter Kreeft at the Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Madison, where the H.E. Most Rev. Robert Morlino reigns.
In the Spirit: Can a … Continue reading

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Fishwrap rakes up some muck in the Arlington altar girl dispute

You may recall that a priest of the Diocese of Arlington, Fr. Michael Taylor of Corpus Christi Church in South Riding, VA, made a decision in favor of male-only service at the altar (not against girls, but in favor of … Continue reading

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2 December 2011

US cATHOLIC attacks the Bishop of Covington. Wherein Fr. Z rants.

Our liturgical disputes have, I think, lined up between two parties: those who have a correct understanding and those who have a defective understanding of “active participation”.
Correctly understood, the “full, conscious and active participation” desired by the Council Fathers is … Continue reading

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