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October 2019

October 14, 2019

‘Think about what we are getting used to’

Have we lost our ability to be shocked? Rod Dreher thinks so, and poses another...

July 2019

July 11, 2019

The Vatican’s Greg Burke Announces His Next Move

He unveiled his plans Thursday on Twitter: About the Arise Foundation: Arise's vision is a...

May 2019

May 17, 2019

Covington Update: CNN Defends Coverage as Factual, Not Defamatory

Details: CNN filed a motion Wednesday seeking a dismissal of the $275 million lawsuit filed against...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

Columnist David Brooks, ‘A Wandering Jew and a Very Confused Christian’

From The Washington Post: In the world of national columnists, David Brooks is a star....

April 19, 2019

Great Moments in Journalism: The AP’s Headline About Notre Dame

Seriously? Check this out: I'll give them this: the story is better than the headline....

April 04, 2019

‘Good Luck, God’: This Might Be the Greatest Obituary, Ever

Ladies and gentlemen, take a moment to pause and reflect on the life of Tim...

March 2019

March 19, 2019

Why Doesn’t the Slaughter of Christians Get More Media Attention?

Several Facebook friends were wondering about this recently, and then this item popped up in...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

Advice every one of us needs to hear right now

This comes from David Brooks in The New York Times, who sums up his philosophy...

January 21, 2019

‘To avoid rash judgment’: an important lesson in the wake of the Covington mess

Every one of us who works in social media should bookmark this and read it...

January 20, 2019

More details emerge about that standoff at the March for Life — UPDATED

Rod Dreher today offered this assessment of the one event that seems to be defining...

January 18, 2019

So, did the media just ignore the March for Life?

Not exactly. You can see the AP video report below. Here's a roundup of...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

BREAKING: Vatican spokesman Greg Burke resigns

This is huge. The unexpected announcement came via tweet this morning, noting that both Burke...

November 2018

November 03, 2018

‘Failure at the top’: landmark investigation shows how bishops failed to police themselves

A sobering and, frankly, shocking assessment from a combined analysis of The Boston Globe and...

October 2018

October 01, 2018

Great moments in journalism: USA TODAY’s botched column on Kavanaugh

USA TODAY's Erik Brady wrote an opinion piece Friday that raised a lot of eyebrows,...

September 2018

September 26, 2018

Being a Catholic journalist: ‘Are you still working for that evil organization?’

Some insight on the times we are living in, and the work some of us...

August 2018

August 29, 2018

‘The primary message of the Catholic faith remains the same’

Something heartening and unexpected: an editorial in support of the Catholic faithful, from a secular...

June 2018

June 22, 2018

Great moments in journalism: the story behind that Time cover

This really is some great detective work. The terrific CBS News correspondent David Begnaud (whose...

June 12, 2018

Next stop: Green Bay

I'm headed to scenic Wisconsin later this morning, to Green Bay ("Titletown") and the 2018...

June 11, 2018

Great moments in journalism: check that quote!

This quote from a diocesan newspaper, covering a diaconate ordination, is a little bit, um,...

April 2018

April 08, 2018

Everyone’s favorite cover girl: Mary

It's not unusual to see magazine stories about Mary or the Nativity during the Christmas...

March 2018

March 14, 2018

Larry Kudlow: from cocaine abuse to Catholic convert to CNBC to Donald Trump’s White House

From The New York Times: President Trump is expected to name Larry Kudlow, a CNBC...

March 14, 2018

Media FAIL: Vatican admits it doctored photo of letter from Benedict — UPDATED

From AP: The Vatican admitted that it altered a photo sent to the media of...

March 03, 2018

Why are young people leaving the Catholic Church? This helps explain it.

This first dropped a few weeks ago, but hasn't gotten nearly the attention it deserves....

January 2014

January 10, 2014

John Allen writes about his move to The Boston Globe

From NCR today: Primarily, I'll be doing the same reporting and analysis I've always done,...

September 2013

September 14, 2013

“There is a growing tendency to ‘tabloidism’ in the Catholic press…and the worrying phenomenon of blogs”

Some of the remarks from Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin, on the New Evangelization: We...

September 03, 2013

My review of “EWTN News Nightly”

Tonight, EWTN unveiled one of its most ambitious undertakings ever: a nightly Catholic news program,...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Great moments in journalism: Does the NY Times hate Cardinal Dolan?

My blog neighbors over at Get Religion get the scoop on an important story that...

August 05, 2013

Wow. In the world of journalism, this is huge.

Talk about the end of an era: The Washington Post is being sold: The Washington Post...

July 2013

July 22, 2013

A REALLY Great Moment in Journalism: NBC Reporter Anne Thompson Chats with Pope, Asks Him to Bless Medal

If memory serves, Anne Thompson also did the readings at one of the pope's daily...

July 01, 2013

Great Moments in Journalism: Wherein Bob Schieffer Learns a Thing or Two About Gay Marriage

This comes via Da Tech Guy on DaRadio: There was a moment during Sunday’s victory...