Current Issues: Media

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Admit it: You're afraid - Rev. Raymond J. de Souza

'I'm afraid, but fine, so deal with it," said Ezra Levant, publisher of the Western Standard, of his decision to publish the world's most famous cartoons. "Get security or just be careful. But I'm not so afraid that I'm going to sell out our heritage of freedom." Email This Article

Aids and the News Media - ARCHBISHOP CHARLES CHAPUT

The recent series on Priests and AIDS in the Kansas City Star used highly misleading statistics to promote an anti-Catholic agenda. Email This Article

An Unnecessary and Untoward Controversy - George Weigel

Brother Roger Schutz, founder of the Taize Community in France, was one of the great Christian spirits of the 20th century. Email This Article

Anchors Aweigh - Sterling Rome

Bias in broadcast news anchors is inevitable when the profitability of entertainment is placed ahead of the integrity of information. Email This Article

Apocalypse No - Peggy Noonan

The New Republic's editors seem to have mistaken Vietnam movies for real life. Email This Article

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: Catholic Media's Greatest Star - THOMAS REEVES

When Sheen went on television in February 1952, his Life Is Worth Living programs became extremely popular, competing effectively against shows starring “Mr. Television,” Milton Berle, and singer-actor Frank Sinatra. Email This Article

As Long As They Spell Our Names Right - Fr. Richard John Neuhaus

Why is religion so little and so poorly reported in the media, or is it? Email This Article

Bad News on Priests and AIDS - David Murray & S. Robert Lichter

On Jan. 29, an exclusive Kansas City Star story carried nationwide through the Knight-Ridder News Service proclaimed a scandal of silence in the Catholic Church involving priests and their sexuality. Email This Article

BioSpin — Why Adult Stem Cell Research Successes Get Downplayed by the Media - Wesley J. Smith

"Adult-Stem-Cell Breakthrough!" the headlines should have screamed. "Stunning Discovery Could Mean No Need to Use Embryos in Research." Unfortunately, with the notable exception of a front-page story in the Boston Globe, the mainstream media has significantly downplayed this potentially exciting scientific discovery. Email This Article

Blessed are the spin doctors - Austen Ivereigh

In the run-up to the release of the film of The Da Vinci Code on 19 May the communications director for the UK branch of Opus Dei, a bundle of nervous energy even in calmer times, can hardly contain himself. Email This Article

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