{"id":5775,"date":"2006-09-16T23:56:36","date_gmt":"2006-09-16T23:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/apologize-for-what.html"},"modified":"2006-09-16T23:56:36","modified_gmt":"2006-09-16T23:56:36","slug":"apologize-for-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/apologize-for-what.html","title":{"rendered":"Apologize for what?"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Warren:<\/a><\/p>\n

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While I don\u2019t mean to pick especially on the BBC, when other mainstream media are often as culpable, they are worth singling out here to show the amount of sheer, murderous evil of which this taxpayer-funded network is capable. As I write, the BBC website has just posted an \u201cinterpretive\u201d piece by their religious affairs correspondent, one Rahul Tandon. He does an unconscionably brief review of publicity the Pope had previously received, as Cardinal Ratzinger and since his elevation, touching upon Islam. By extracting the context from each item on his list, Mr Tandon creates the utterly false impression that the Pope is, as the media persistently dub him, \u201cGod\u2019s Rottweiler\u201d, with an especially vicious hate-on for Muslims. <\/p>\n

Now watch Mr Tandon pose as the objective reporter: \u201cHowever, since his consecration, Pope Benedict has surprised many with his attempts to improve dialogue with the Muslim world. He is due to visit Turkey in November as part of that process. \u201cBut there have been signs of his earlier views.\u201d <\/p>\n

Note the dripping condescension in the trailing line, as if the Pope is barely able to contain himself. But more significantly, note the implicit assertion that the views of Cardinal Ratzinger changed when he became Pope. This is not true, but insinuated as if it were fact. <\/p>\n

From now on, the reporting will be about the Muslim rage, and whether the Vatican has apologized yet. That is the \u201cdrama\u201d the media will seek to capture — the drama of the cockfight — because they know no better kind. That the Pope said nothing intrinsically objectionable will be overlooked, in deference to the Muslim rage, just as the media hid the Danish cartoons from their viewers — preventing them from discovering how mild they were. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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