{"id":6010,"date":"2010-04-09T13:10:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T13:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/04\/speak-up-media-bias-about-rcc.html"},"modified":"2010-04-09T13:10:33","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T13:10:33","slug":"speak-up-media-bias-about-rcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/04\/speak-up-media-bias-about-rcc.html","title":{"rendered":"Speak Up! Media Bias about RCC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/assets_c\/2009\/06\/Pope-5978.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/120\/import\/assets_c\/2009\/06\/Pope-thumb-250x522-5978.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"522\" alt=\"Pope.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here&#8217;s the question <a href=\"http:\/\/newsweek.washingtonpost.com\/onfaith\/2010\/04\/media_bias_against_pope\/all.html\"><b>&#8220;On Faith&#8221; at the Washington Post<\/b><\/a>, and I wonder what you think:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\">\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><em>A senior Vatican priest last week compared outrage at Pope Benedict&#8217;s handling of sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church to the persecution of the Jews. Church leaders disavowed the comments, but went on to complain about a &#8220;vile,&#8221; anti-Vatican media campaign aimed at weakening the papacy and its authority. Is the news media being fair to the pope? Is the media biased against the Catholic Church or its hierarchy? How would you advise the pope?<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the question &#8220;On Faith&#8221; at the Washington Post, and I wonder what you think: A senior Vatican priest last week compared outrage at Pope Benedict&#8217;s handling of sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church to the persecution of the Jews. 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