NYT Dowd's Anti-Catholic Piece is Riddled With Errors, Deceptions
October 28th, 2009 9:33 PM
The New York Times's Maureen Dowd spent some time in Catholic school as a youth, but judging from her latest rant/column, she didn't learn too much about actual Catholicism.Dowd's anti-Catholic screed reveals that of someone who knows almost nothing about the Catholic faith. She also deceives her readers about a number of topics, including a 2004 letter issued by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger before…
'Curb Your Enthusiasm': Larry David Urinates on Picture of Jesus
October 28th, 2009 12:58 AM
HBO's hit series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" has pushed the comedic envelope for many years, but what happened in Sunday's episode was so disgraceful it's already received comment from the Catholic League's Bill Donohue.The set-up is the show's star and producer Larry David is taking some medication that is making him urinate quite forcefully.It's so powerful that while urinating in his assistant's…
Awful: LAT Uses Obituary Page To Gloat About Catholic Church Misdeeds
October 26th, 2009 8:13 PM
The Los Angeles Times has joyfully discovered a way to keep the clergy misdeeds of the Catholic Church forever in the minds of its readers and the public: the obituary page.Take a look at the obituary of former bishop G. Patrick Ziemann. At over 900 words, it's not so much an obituary as it is a gleeful relishing by Duke Helfand and the Times over the sins of a Catholic authority.
Clueless on Catholicism VII: LAT Continues to Air Falsehoods About Cat
October 24th, 2009 10:30 PM
In a recent news article (Fri. 10/23/09) and a pea-brained editorial (Sat. 10/24/09) regarding Anglicans joining the Catholic Church, the Los Angeles Times again displays its utter ignorance of the Catholic faith.The Times' editorial is yet another weak attempt to air the paper's position that homosexual acts and women priests should be fully embraced by the Catholic Church.
Freakonomics Revenge: Authors That Credited Abortion for Lower Crime N
October 24th, 2009 7:18 PM
We'll have to wait and see if the so-called outside-the-box thinking once praised by some of liberal media elites will get the same reception with this latest edition. In 2005, University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and New York Times journalist Stephen J. Dubner released the book "Freakonomics" that provided cover for the pro-abortion movement in America by suggesting legalized abortion…
‘Safe Schools Czar’ Funded Anti-Christian Gay Porn Art Exhibit
October 22nd, 2009 3:11 PM
If we’ve learned anything in recent months, it’s that if you’re a racist, a Marxist, a Maoist, a domestic terrorist or any other variety of anti-American nut, the safest place to be is in the company of Barack Obama. If you can stay off the radar of Fox News and don’t get caught on tape giving advice on running a brothel for fun and profit, you get to influence the most powerful executive in the…
Name That Party: NYT Quick to ID GOP Insult of Jews -- Avoided Labelin
October 21st, 2009 4:37 PM
Two Republican chairmen in South Carolina have apologized for an op-ed article that made a clumsy comment about wealthy Jews being fiscally prudent. Reporter Robbie Brown and The New York Times's headline writers quickly let us know the two offenders were Republican: "2 South Carolina Republicans Apologize for Reference to Jews." It made quite a contrast from how the Times treated a Democratic…
Olbermann: Prejean's Complaints About Breast Surgery Publicization 'Ir
October 21st, 2009 10:46 AM
It was bound to happen - an inevitable character assault on former Miss California Carrie Prejean by a host from MSNBC, the place for misogyny, after K2 Productions, the company that directs the Miss California USA pageant, filed a publicity-seeking, lawsuit. Prejean unintentionally created a firestorm when she answered a question from self-proclaimed gay rights activist and gossip blogger…
Disparate Coverage in NYT: Kevin Jennings vs. Catholic Priest
October 18th, 2009 1:57 PM
(HT: Catholic League.)Consider the following two stories. Pay attention. There will be a quiz.1. The Obama administration has appointed Kevin Jennings as a "czar" inside the Department of Education. In addition to being the founder of a group called the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Jennings once wrote a foreword to a book called Queering Elementary Education. In that…
Unnecessary Roughness: Columnists Slam Religious Convictions of Florid
October 14th, 2009 11:22 AM
Basing his October 14 column on an anti-evangelical Christian screed by another opinion columnist, Sam Cook of the Fort Myers [Fla.] News-Press tackled Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow for his both his religious convictions and his commitment to being open about his faith (h/t NB commenter and Florida alumna Blonde).It's hard to find fault with such an exemplary young man, but I have.In a…
Daily Beast's Blumenthal Catches Ratigan Flu, Shouts Down Scarborough
October 7th, 2009 5:57 PM
It isn't often that one can see two decades of history re-written in under ten minutes. But such was the occasion on this morning's episode of Morning Joe. Max Blumenthal, author of "Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party," spent his time on the show demonstrating the combined power of cognitive dissonance, wanton ignorance, and a willingness to re-write historical…
CBS’s Teichner: Americans Abandoning Organized Religion for ‘Spiri
October 6th, 2009 2:36 PM
Reporting the lead story on CBS’s Sunday Morning, correspondent Martha Teichner touted a new on-line poll conducted by Parade magazine about religion in America: “nearly a quarter of the respondents call themselves spiritual, not religious. And how about this? Half the people polled say they seldom, if ever, attend religious services.”One supposed religious expert Teichner spoke with about the…
