Posted on 12/07/2016 7:29:48 AM PST by MNDude
Media that focus on scandals and spread fake news to smear politicians risk becoming like people who have a morbid fascination with excrement, Pope Francis said in an interview published on Wednesday.
Francis told the Belgian Catholic weekly "Tertio" that spreading disinformation was "probably the greatest damage that the media can do" and using communications for this rather than to educate the public amounted to a sin.
Using precise psychological terms, he said scandal-mongering media risked falling prey to coprophilia, or arousal from excrement, and consumers of these media risked coprophagia, or eating excrement.
The Argentine-born pontiff excused himself for using such terms in order to get his point across while answering a question about the correct use of the media.
"I think the media have to be very clear, very transparent, and not fall into - no offence intended - the sickness of coprophilia, that is, always wanting to cover scandals, covering nasty things, even if they are true," he said.
"And since people have a tendency towards the sickness of coprophagia, a lot of damage can be done."
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What if those “nasty things” are illegal and a blight on society?
Is the pope a disciple of Alinsky? Why would anyone try to curb news coverage with such repulsive imagery.
The commie dope pope speaks again.
Pope Francis is either insane or evil.
Why does this asshat feel the need to comment on absolutely everything single issue that crops up?
Yeah, like those stories that the Pope is Catholic.
When does he condemn international trafficking in children, and their exploitation by politicians?
And especially “refugee” children?
This from the pontiff who sent out all his cronies to smear and threaten the Cardinals of the 5 dubia in the press.
Does this man ever have anything to say that would bring people closer to the Lord? He’s the most worldly pope in my lifetime. He really needs another career.
Maybe he’s just tired of the MSM smearing Donald Trump?
Jeez, it’s easy to see why the globalist worked so hard to get Benedict out and this guy in.
Not only hard Left, but he has crossed a line where he is not more politician than Pastor.
not = now
He needs to voice his opinion on the Vatican bank or simply demote a few Jesuits to get people worked up.
” Why would anyone try to curb news coverage with such repulsive imagery.”
It’s a sad day when you’re concerned your posting quoting the Pope on FR might get pulled because of the language.
Whatsmatter wit people? Can’t order up their fav slice at the ole pizzeria because of extra scrutiny? LOL I’m just joshing.
Is this the popes way of telling media that he does not agree with to “eat $h!t and die”.
“The most insidious power the media has is the power to ignore” - Chris Plante
Phillip Pullella provides this helpful hermeneutic note --- just in case the fact that a commanding majority of the major media openly supported Clinton and trashed Trump should happen to pop into your deplorable mind.
This faux pope is a repulsive human being. Forget about being an anti-Pope, possibly the forerunner to the antichrist, etc. He’s just repulsive.
This has to be Satire. No?
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