"LifeSite traffic skyrockets in 2019, breaks 100 million pageviews for first time "

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Sigh…

Sometimes when I go through the checkout line at the grocery store or at Walmart, I look at the tabloids. I admire Meghan, Kate, and even Pippa. I shake my head at the absurdity of it all.

Sometimes I click on a LifeSite Link. I’m stunned that people actually buy into this stuff. I shake my head at the absurdity of it all.

Does LifeSite actually make any difference? I have no doubt its owners and a few of employees make some money…, but is LifeSite really any more than a religious focused tabloid?
 
I wonder how many of those hits are from people like me trying to read the article to debunk the “news” usually obviously taken out of context, sensationalized, sowing division, or just flat-out wrong? Most of the time it’s like shooting fish in a barrel, it’s so blatant.

Maybe those of us hungry for real Truth, not massaged fake news, should simply avoid looking at LSN altogether, and watch their hits go south.
 
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Imagine how different the (Catholic) world would be if we transferred the time we spend browsing through LifeSite’s clickbait to, oh I don’t know, reading the Bible and the lives/writings of the saints and going out doing good for our neighbors…

Perhaps my new 2020 resolution should be to do just that - avoid Catholic clickbait sites like LifeSite, Church Militant, Taylor Marshall, et al, and focus on actually loving God with my whole heart, soul, mind and strength, and my neighbor as myself.
 
Why do I get the feeling that half of those who post negatively about LifeSiteNews, have no issues whatsoever with the National catholic Reporter, Salon, Huffington Post and other such garbage.
 
Don’t count me among that half. I have major issues with National Catholic Reporter and Huff Po (at least when they’re commenting on Catholic things). My preferred Catholic news sources are the National Catholic Register and, on some occasions, Church Militant (although CM’s theological commentary is often either not nuanced enough or just flat out wrong, they are great at investigative reporting).
 
The problems with LifeSite have been discussed in these forums ad nauseum. No need to go into it again. I could cite articles that came out around the time of Amoris Laetitia which betray their persistent misinterpretation of the document (and many quotes from Pope Francis) despite the fact that it is possible to read the document in line with Tradition (as Cardinal Mueller pointed out).

I’m no “Francis apologist”, but I also won’t align myself with Catholic “news” sources who are as persistent in misquoting/misinterpreting various hierarchs and theologians as are certain secular news sources. They’re simply the flip-side of the same coin.
 
Victoria33 said:
If a person makes a point denigrating, they should be able to back it up.
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It’s been discussed repeatedly. Just look at any thread quoting them.

I won’t discuss with anyone who accuses me of not being pro-life. I was adopted as an infant in 1958 and always thank God I was conceived then and not now.

But being pro-life does not mean subscribing to a site that consistently denigrates the Holy Father. I am also a Benedictine and it is my calling as such to be 100% faithful to the Holy Father, just as I was to his predecessors.
 
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The problems with LifeSite have been discussed in these forums ad nauseum. No need to go into it again. I could cite articles that came out around the time of Amoris Laetitia which betray their persistent misinterpretation of the document (and many quotes from Pope Francis) despite the fact that it is possible to read the document in line with Tradition (as Cardinal Mueller pointed out).

I’m no “Francis apologist”, but I also won’t align myself with Catholic “news” sources who are as persistent in misquoting/misinterpreting various hierarchs and theologians as are certain secular news sources. They’re simply the flip-side of the same coin.
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That is just a view. I can easily say any news website is wrong at times.

I in fact, find lifesitenews.com very truthful and respect varying views. I do note, many who do not like lifesitenews, not all, do not have more traditional values and again, may not hold to the sanctity of life as the Holy Mother Church would like us to.
 
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OraLabora . . . .
Maybe those of us hungry for real Truth, not massaged fake news, should simply avoid looking at LSN altogether
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Where do you suggest those of us hungry for real truth go to find news (Catholic and secular news) OraLabora?

Give me several suggestions please.
 
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You could start by the Vatican’s official news site:


Zenit is also good and pro-Vatican:


John Allen Jr. at Crux Now has a well-deserved reputation for balanced reporting:


Catholic News Agency (EWTN-affiliated):

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/

For Canadians, the Catholic Register:

https://www.catholicregister.org/

And of course the perennial favourite, L’Osservatore Romano


As you can see there is a plethora of news sources that do not attempt to foster division in the Church.

For secular news, since I am not from the US, I will leave that up to your discernment. But from what I can see I would avoid Fox, Breitbart, and their ilk.
 
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what is wrong with them?
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Let’s not forget that CAF themselves warned posters about linking to their site. (I know, I was one of them.) I would say this, if the material can’t be corroborated, I wouldn’t use it.
 
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And then there are those of us who are faithful to Tradition and the Magisterium, and who are very pro-life, and yet have serious misgivings and reservations about LifeSite.

The only thing I recommended is that we spend less time on “news” sites like LifeSite and Church Militant - sites which are demonstrably alarmist - and more time reading Scripture and the lives/writings of the saints, and performing acts of charity toward our neighbor (spiritual and corporal works of mercy). Those are some of the most traditional Catholic/Christian values out there. As a matter of fact, as early as the 200s - 300s AD the Desert Fathers were repeatedly encouraging their listeners and followers to do just that (i.e. ignore the goings-on in the world and the bad news in the Church, and focus on the above mentioned actions).
 
It assumes that we should continue to read CAF, but we can say the same thing about this site as with LifeSite News.
 
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