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Home: Current Issues: Media: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Media: LINKS_PAGEArticles:News that's fit to print - Father George RutlerOne assumes that The New York Times would have been glad to receive an Op-Ed article from the new Archbishop of New York. Read more... Not "new sins" but an old media blind spot - Philip LawlerWhen he finished his interview with L'Osservatore Romano, Archishop Gianfranco Girotti probably thought that his main message had been an appeal to Catholics to use the sacrament of Confession. Little did he know that the English-language news media would play the interview as a newly revised list of sins. Read more... Obamamania: Pass the defibrillator - Rex Murphy"It is now 16 or 17 years since I saw the Queen of France ... and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision." Read more... Objectivity in Journalism - David BrooksThe real core of journalism is objectivity — seeing the truth whole and being fair about it. Thus the answer to liberal bias is not conservative bias. It is objectivity. Read more... Parents v. Television — Seven Steps to Sure Victory - Randall MurphreePre-season hype last fall boasted that the major networks were going to push the envelope this television season with more profanity and more graphic sexual content. By and large, they have delivered on those promises. Here are a few strategies a conscientious family can use to gain control over television. Read more... Pius attacked for not confronting evil, Benedict attacked for confronting evil - Dennis PragerThe attacks on Pope Benedict XVI may help shed new light on some of the motives for the attacks on Pius XII. Read more... Radio Daze: Is Dr. Laura's talk show good for Catholics? - Mark LoweryI have mixed feelings about radio personality Dr. Laura Schleshinger. I like listening to her program, but there's something that really bugs me (and a number of my friends) about her style of answering questions and her answers to some questions. Would you please comment? Read more... Religion and the News Media: A Theologian Reflects - AVERY DULLESThe Church has not been conspicuously successful in its relations with the press. Read more... Religion is no pyjama party - Father Raymond J. de SouzaIt is a commonplace that the mainstream media just doesn't "get it" when it comes to covering religion. Even so, every so often something so embarrassing makes it to air that one suspects it was made entirely without adult supervision. Read more... Religion, Journalism, and the New American Orthodoxy - Charles J. ChaputIn an address delivered before the Religion Newswriters Association, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver commended America's journalists of religion and challenged them to approach their important work with integrity, fairness, and humility. Read more... Religion, Rhetoric, and the Presidency - Michael GersonWe couldn’t think of anyone better in the country to talk about religion and the presidency than the president’s own speechwriter. As many of you know, Michael Gerson has received high praise from people across the political spectrum for his speechwriting. We are delighted in light of his very busy schedule that he could join us today and talk to us about this topic. Thank you, Michael. Read more... Remembering Oriana - Patrick LucianiToday, Oriana Fallaci would have celebrated her 78th birthday. Read more... Reporters and the church - Rev. Richard John NeuhausAs you might imagine, I spend a good deal of time talking with reporters. I usually don’t mind it. It comes with the territory. Read more... Reporting From the Trenches: The New Catholic Media - Mark SheaThanks to the Internet, anyone can become a pundit. Mark Shea looks at the opportunity this creates for Catholics who want their voices heard. Read more... Rise of the Evangelical Catholic Bishops - George WeigelWhen Pope Benedict XVI appointed the archbishop of Denver, Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M.Cap., as the new archbishop of Philadelphia on July 19, the usual suspects were trotted out to say the usual things that the usual suspects say. Read more... Scoundrel Time(s) - George WeigelIn a pattern exemplifying the dog's behavior in Proverbs 26:11, the sexual abuse story in the global media is almost entirely a Catholic story, in which the Catholic Church is portrayed as the epicenter of the sexual abuse of the young, with hints of an ecclesiastical criminal conspiracy involving sexual predators whose predations continue today. Read more... Seeking Truth at the Movies - John J. Miller"Almost everything our fathers taught us about Christ is false," says one of the characters in The Da Vinci Code, the best-selling novel by Dan Brown. Read more... Self-Help Doesn't Help—And Often Hurts - Steve SalernoWhile many Americans are skeptical of the claims of the self-help industry, their attitude can be summed up as follows: "OK, we all know this is a silly and sometimes expensive exercise in navel-gazing. But really, where's the harm?" Read more... Shock! New Pope a Catholic - Gerard BakerJournalists and pundits for whom the Catholic Church has long been an object of anthropological curiosity fringed with patronising ridicule have really let themselves go since the new pontiff emerged. Indeed most of the coverage I have seen or read could be neatly summarised as: “Cardinals elect Catholic Pope. World in Shock.” Read more... South Park vs. Ann Coulter - Marvin OlaskyA jaw-dropping moment with a leading light of political conservatism. Read more... Strangers in Our Homes: TV and Our Children's Minds - SUSAN R. JOHNSON, M.D.This Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics draws upon her personal and professional experience as well as brain and child development research to answer the question “What are we doing to our children’s growth and learning potential by allowing them to watch television and videos as well as spend endless hours playing computer games?” Read more... Strangers in the House: When Catholics in the Media Turned Against the Church - Mark Gauvreau JudgeIt's a dispiriting sign of our times that the current mainstream liberal press would rather bungee jump off St. Peter's than allow a Christian into their pages. They claim to represent the faith by giving us folks who claim to be Catholic but only emphasize it when there's something negative to say. Read more... Television News: Information or Infotainment? - MICHAEL MEDVEDThe line between news and entertainment has been obliterated in our television-obsessed culture. Read more... The N.Y. Times Flunks Ecclesiology 101 - George WeigelThe quaint notion that the New York Times is the nation's paper-of-record took another hit on Feb. 23, when the Grey Lady ran a commentary on Milwaukee archbishop Timothy Dolan's appointment as the new archbishop of New York. Read more... The New York Times sees Red - Terry MattinglyWhen it comes to capturing the worldview of New Yorkers, it's hard to top Saul Steinberg's famous cartoon entitled "A View of the World from Fifth Avenue." Read more... Pages Updated On: Sun Nov 20 2011 - 04:19:12
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