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National Catholic Reporter Owes Bishop Finn an Apology
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National Catholic Reporter Owes Bishop Finn an Apology

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by on Jun 24, 2011 in Featured, Vocations
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According to the Vatican II document Inter Mirifica (Decree on the Media of Social Communications), media organizations “should see to it that communications or presentations concerning religious matters are entrusted to worthy and experienced hands and are carried out with fitting reverence” (IM 11). This, apparently, would be news to writer Phyllis Zagano and her […]

Just the Facts. Not!
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Just the Facts. Not!

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by on Feb 24, 2011 in Columnists, On Media
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It was a slow Saturday afternoon in the newsroom of the Washington Daily News. This was the fall of 1956, and the News, a Scripps Howard tabloid, published six days a week but not Sunday. When the last Saturday edition was off our hands, the rest of the day could be mighty quiet. A sub-editor […]