Clueless on Catholicism (III):

[Maranatha]

Clueless on Catholicism (III):

The bottom line is that Boulay’s article is simply sad and unfortunate. At NewsBusters, we have cited several examples in which the Times has gone out of its way to portray Catholics and Christians in an erroneous or unflattering manner (here, here, and here are just a few examples). The site LA-ClergyCases.com has also cited a number of examples of shoddy reporting by the Times in light of the church abuse scandal.

The Times appears to give little regard to facts when publishing matters involving the Catholic Church and Christianity. Take, for example, a reader’s letter that was printed today (Saturday, November 11, 2006). A reader falsely states that the doctrine of papal infallibility was “first expressed” in the 1800’s. In fact, the notion of papal infallibility can be traced back to the earliest years of the church. For more on this, read “How to Argue for Papal Infallibility” by Jason Evert at catholic.com. See also this helpful post by ‘neophyte’ at the Catholic Answers forum page. Did the Times simply take the reader’s word for it that what he was saying was truthful? Is there any fact-checking on submitted articles and letters to the Times?

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[LittleDeb]

Did the Times simply take the reader’s word for it that what he was saying was truthful?

In my experience, sadly, Yep!

Is there any fact-checking on submitted articles and letters to the Times?

Any is probably too strong a word. We can give them credit for at least getting some spelling right! Our local paper has misrepresented things by using homonymns waaay too often. Thanks for the fabulous links. Although it did take a bit of reading in your OP to figure out the original link to the article. My brain just missed the blue link “Clueless on Catholicism III.” Maybe because my background is blue too?

Our present information age can work to spread Truth, but we are also working against the untruth that seems to be spread faster. The media in support of untruth is a very large foe. The media in support of Truth is standing there with a few rocks and a sling. With prayers he will again prevail.