Sounds, again, like 'line of least resistance' reporting. To report in more detail might require a reporter to try to understand what was said. Best to report on something everyone has heard about before - easier for them.
Is it dreadful, misleading and possibly damaging to the Church? Yes!
Is it different from the way other, many other, issues are reported? Not so sure.
Indeed. That is why I mentioned the abuse of Berlusconi. I should have mentioned that the BBC obediently repeated the whole slanted and indeed falsified account on which the European Parliament based its screed.
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Date: 2008-07-21 06:34 pm (UTC)Is it dreadful, misleading and possibly damaging to the Church? Yes!
Is it different from the way other, many other, issues are reported? Not so sure.
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Date: 2008-07-21 06:44 pm (UTC)