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January 28, 2013

National Catholic Reporter responds to Bishop Finn: “NCR is proud to call itself a Catholic publication”

After Friday's column, in which Kansas City's Bishop Robert Finn accused it of undermining church teaching, the...

January 25, 2013

Bishop Finn takes aim at the National Catholic Reporter—UPDATED

In his diocesan paper, Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph raises questions about...

January 24, 2013

“We must aspire to the life of perfection”

"When God the Creator made all things, he commanded the plants to bring forth fruit...

January 21, 2013

Condoleeza Rice joins CBS News

Quite a coup for the network: Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined CBS News as...

January 15, 2013

Deja vu: the Atlantic, Scientology, and a classic letter by E.B. White

Today, the Atlantic announced it was pulling an "advertorial" singing the praises of the Church...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Great moments in journalism: Let is snow!

God bless 'em: Read all about it. Or maybe...red all about is?

December 23, 2012

Great moments in journalism: how the NY Times bungled the Newtown story

After surveying some of the mistakes in the Times's early coverage of the tragedy, the...

December 18, 2012

Cardinal O’Malley calls for larger Catholic presence in politics and media

From Catholic News Agency: Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston says the Church needs more...

December 04, 2012

Great moments in journalism: “Everybody at Fox News loves you”

Wherein the good people at Fox prove that media bias cuts both ways. Details, from...

November 2012

November 12, 2012

NY Times new president is a practicing Catholic who believes in “objective truths”

From A Journey Through NYC Religions: Tomorrow, Mark Thompson takes over as the new President...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

How Dan Rather helped invent modern hurricane coverage on TV in 1961

We've gotten used to seeing endless hurricane coverage these days, but the real trailblazer in...

October 28, 2012

How one newspaper decided to endorse Romney

It raised some eyebrows when the Des Moines Register announced its endorsement for president this...

October 18, 2012

There goes the printed word—or, at least, the printed page

As someone who makes his living in a world populated by paper, ink and staples,...

October 11, 2012

50 years after Vatican II, “radically changed relations” between Catholics and other religions

In the current issue of ONE magazine, I chat with Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, Apostolic Nuncio...

October 04, 2012

So what did the New York Times have to say about the debate?

From the lead editorial in this morning's edition: The first debate between President Obama and...

October 03, 2012

What the media doesn’t “get” about the Catholic Church

Well, there are a lot of things. But here's one take, from the great Sister...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

Great moments in journalism: best correction ever?

This appeared in the current issue of Vogue:

September 17, 2012

“What’s wrong in the Vatican press office?”

That's the question being posed by editor Robert Royal over at The Catholic Thing --...

September 12, 2012

Is Catholic journalism just PR?

There's a question for the ages. This is something everyone who works in church media...

September 02, 2012

A first: anchorwoman appears on Egyptian TV wearing head veil

Details, from the Associated Press: A female Egyptian news presenter appeared on state television wearing...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

On Groeschel: statement from the National Catholic Register

Just posted on their website in place of the Fr. Groeschel interview: Child sexual abuse...

August 28, 2012

Great moments in journalism: Bias? What bias?

This just in: dog bites man. In other news, someone is suggesting that the New...

August 26, 2012

Great moments in journalism: how NBC News reported the death of Neil Armstrong

Oops: RELATED: Neil Armstrong, Muslim??

August 16, 2012

A big move: you can now “Get Religion” at Patheos

More fodder for Great Moments in Journalism! I'm delighted to share this happy news. Details: ...

August 06, 2012

Great moments in journalism: “Sikhism originated in Italy” and other stupid things TV says about religion

This eye-roll-inducing item comes from my blog neighbor Joanne McPortland, who is much more charitable...

July 2012

July 24, 2012

Great moments in journalism: CNN lays an egg

Well, this ain't kosher. Not at all. Memo to CNN: what the hell are you...

July 24, 2012

Great moments in journalism: MSNBC’s Scarborough links James Holmes to autism — UPDATED

Blogger Leo Zanchettin has details: I just had to check in with Facebook one more...

July 22, 2012

Great moments in journalism: the liar who became a star “expert” in the media

Why am I not surprised? Details: Ryan Holiday could be called an “expert.” As head...

July 18, 2012

Our Sunday Visitor to distribute Vatican newspaper in English

Details, from ZENIT: Our Sunday Visitor, one of the largest Catholic publishers in North America,...

July 16, 2012

Great moments in journalism: only approved quotes allowed

This is just...unreal. It is many things, but it ain't journalism. From the New York...