Reading the News

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Would reading the news about things that people have done considered gossip? I’m asking because I heard about a bishop with kids and about a governour who cheated. I didn’t finish the article for the bishop since I started to think it may be considered gossip.

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Isn’t gossip talking behind ones back about what could or could not be true?

This Bishop has 2 grown kids, fact. This Bishop was relieved of his duty by the Pope, Fact.

It is clearly news and not gossip.
 
Some information is private and some is public. Talking about public information isn’t gossip. Talking about what your neighbor’s wife is doing when he’s gone is private and it qualifies as gossip.
 
RedDuke50 said:
Would reading the news about things that people have done considered gossip? I’m asking because I heard about a bishop with kids and about a governour who cheated. I didn’t finish the article for the bishop since I started to think it may be considered gossip.

Thank you
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In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with reading anything in the newspapers with two caveats:
  1. You are reading NEWS articles from credible news organizations.
  2. You are not taking pleasure from the misfortune of others.
 
TarlsQtr said:
In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with reading anything in the newspapers with two caveats:
  1. You are reading NEWS articles from credible news organizations.
  2. You are not taking pleasure from the misfortune of others.
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Point #1 especially: if it’s from a reliable news source (ie. CNN, CBS, Catholic World News, etc), that’s one thing. If it’s from the tabloids or something clearly disreputable (ie. National Enquirer, and others of its ilk), avoid it like the plague: those sources just exist to air out people’s dirty laundry at best, and at worst, they tend to drag the mildly stained laundry through the nearest mud puddle they can find.
 
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