Well, it's been a hell of a ride, laying rubber all over the road for the past decade. But it's time to call it a day and park the Rogue in the garage. Effective today, I am shutting down my blog to focus my attention on other endeavours. My thanks to the more than 2.7 million people who regularly joined me on these sojourns through news stories over the years that dealt with the places with issues of religion and faith intersecting with public affairs. May God bless you with a continuing desire to learn about and help disseminate the issues of faith throughout the public square. Happy trails in your continuing travels! Fr. Tim Moyle, p.p. Diocese of Pembroke
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
"This article sadly follows the template that almost all mainstream reporting falls into:
ReplyDelete1.Selective comical use of Catholic phrases (…'may issue a mea culpa').
2.Ignorant petty descriptions of the Church (…'morphed into a pep rally').
3.Stretching statements by officials (… 'he "wouldn’t be surprised" if the pontiff [apologized]')."
Yeah, no kidding. I understand exactly his frustration, and most times I even share it!
But understand that all sides who "report" on any issue do the same thing. It's not about being "right" or "wrong" -- it's about attracting the most attention -- and thereby gaining the most game points -- to one's own issues by being more inflated than everyone else on other sides of the same issue. And it's not limited to media, either. Everyone does it. It's how we make our lives more interesting.