Larry O’Connor penned an opinion piece at The Washington Times. An excerpt of his latest article, Pope Condemns ‘Fake News’ And ‘Media Bias’ As ‘Very Serious Sin’ is below:
Pope Francis told members of the Catholic media over the weekend that peddling in “fake news” constitutes a “grave sin that hurts the heart of the journalist and hurts others.”
“You shouldn’t fall into the ‘sins of communication’ disinformation, or giving just one side, calumny that is sensationalised, or defamation,” the Pope said, according to The Associated Press.
Francis, who has enjoyed relatively glowing press from the world’s more progressive journalists due to his seemingly unorthodox emphasis on left-wing issues such as income inequality, open borders and climate change, reminded journos that reporting precise, complete, and correct information rather than biased reports was a mission that is among the most “fundamental” to democratic societies.
It also appeared that the Pope waded into the recent trend of reporting decades-old incidents of sexual misconduct that has occupied the American media beginning with the Harvey Weinstein revelations and reached the level of political frenzy in the context of the failed Alabama Senate campaign of Republican Roy Moore. He said it “looking for [Read More]
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