[presidio9]

Again, google “Cardinal Ratzinger + abortion.” You will find that no Catholic offical has had more to say about abortion in the last 50 years. He will also read the riot act to Obama during their audience, but it will be private and Obama won’t care.

What the Pope won’t do is single out the United States or US politicians. That is not the Pope’s role, and there are countless other countries in the world that are more Catholic but have simiar abortion laws. The goal of Catholicism is to reach the individual, so she won’t have abortions, or he won’t perform them, and the both won’t vote for politicians who support them. Pope Benedict has already focused on these topics repeatedly.

[Mamzelle]

Who cares what riot he reads in the secret and quiet? He's providing photo op. Obama doesn't care about what Pope says, he laughs at that, like he laughs at Brian Williams in bed with him...he's only into the image that a pontiff provides. Pictures. That's what sells.

[Miss Marple]

I have nothing but praise for your efforts to explain the manipulation and deception in this article. For many years I have watched as otherwise intelligent Freepers were manipulated by the press with this type of shoddy journalism.

If I had a dollar for every time an outraged thread followed a New York Times story, I would be a wealthy woman.

The construct is usually to start with a false premise, back it up with quotes from unattributable sources, and sprinkle in a few attributed quotes on a peripheral issue, giving the illusion that the article has factual backing. That is what has been done in this article, and it is a shameful propaganda technique that I had hoped people by now would be able to spot.

Thanks for your pointing it out.