Posted on 09/21/2010 3:51:57 PM PDT by NYer
And this is yet one more reason why one should turn off the mainstream media and tune in to EWTN for coverage of such events. Next papal stop - Spain in November. Heads up!
Very sad I had to search and search to see anything about this.
It was a real job.
Sad, very sad.
And I am not even a Catholic.
No, you were right the first time. Anti-christian bias in the media. If they can't attack the church, the church isn't news.
I keep saying, turn off the junk media. Find sources of information you trust, and turn the others off.
Kind of interesting visit ~ but don't they have treaties in Europe these days that allow this stuff?
We got my Great Grandfather a TV just to watch Queen Elizabeth's coronation.
The forces of uber secularists and anti Christians dominate the media.
Sad.
**Anti-christian bias in the media. If they can’t attack the church, the church isn’t news.**
You nailed it. And the anti-Catholic bias posters were also very quiet on FR over the weekend.
Hehehe
We had it all here.
Pope’s speeches
Historical background
live pictures and happenings
what the British people were doing
The Crowds
The Masses
Congratulations, FR crew!
Now to other readers, when something Catholic is not being covered in the lamestream media.......come to FR Religion Forum. We will cover it for you!
Blessings to all who did a stand-up job of covering this monumentally historical papal visit to England!
Like they say in media-land, “The only Good Catholic is a bad Catholic.”
We can no longer rely on the MSM for our news, they are worse than worthless, they are malicious.
LOL, yeah, it's tempting, in the same way it's tempting to blame the hammer for the broken thumb, or the rain for being wet, or the noonday sun for sweat. In other words it not only freaking obvious, it's true.
What's wrong here is therefore why a pro-Catholic writer is giving the media a pass for obviously not reporting the enormous significance of the Papal visit.
Lord Occam of Razor would respond that what you see, is what you're supposed to see - or not. Lord Occam would point out that the Catholic Church is well able to manage it's own press, thankyouverymuch.
So why would the Church want this minimization of reporting? How about precisely because this is such a big deal? In fact, if it got a lot of press, things could easily blow up between Britons and Rome - big, big time. So, the Pope does what he does, the media looks the other way, and then the Pope leaves.
But for historical purposes, the deed is done.
The writer of a related article concerning this event, posted on Free Republic as Paper on Pope's Visit: "This was the End of the British Empire" even alludes to this strategy in the article, when the author writes: Benedict XVI’s speeches are worth reading several times; they often turn out to be more radical than they first appear. But one thing is for sure. Despite the unassuming courtesy of the Pope’s manner, he didn’t give an inch.
Indeed he did not - and "unassuming" is exactly the way he wanted it.
That’s why I come here.
I forgot Father Z’s, Michael Barber’s and other’s commentaries...My omission.
The Other Face: Catholic Life under Elizabeth I by Philip Caraman
“...it’s tempting to argue that it was a conspiracy of media bias. But I think there’s something sadder and less sinister at work: it’s the economy, stupid.”
Nope. It’s media bias.
“...it’s tempting to argue that it was a conspiracy of media bias. But I think there’s something sadder and less sinister at work: it’s the economy, stupid.”
Nope. It’s media bias.
“...it’s tempting to argue that it was a conspiracy of media bias. But I think there’s something sadder and less sinister at work: it’s the economy, stupid.”
Nope. It’s media bias.
Is EWTN going to cover the visit to Spain? I hope so.
They cover all Papal trips.
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