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Media coverage of the Pope: Two biases collide

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    Jim Pinkerton on how the liberal media loves the spectacle, but still attacks the conservative Church

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Jim I want to move to the -- especially had quite the quite the week at the Vatican this week it was extraordinary to watch I'm personally not a Catholic.

But I thought the images were amazing they were -- uplifting it was dramatic and we had a -- of course as you and so on Wednesday we.

We were on seagull -- he -- -- our friend.

Perched atop the chimney.

It and it didn't.

To win this was covered him.

Sarah suddenly sort of leaning in the media towards that spectacle the drama -- of it rather than the away from that the conservative.

The relatively conservative Pope.

That we've I think -- users -- is it it's suggests that the Catholic Church is just.

A media magnate and make magnet you just there's nothing like it it's a living put aside from all spiritual faith issues and I'm not.

-- -- -- -- -- -- It's a living museum visit tableau it taped to it you can you can see a connection right to 2000 years ago when and whether your fan.

Jesus Christ -- of the Roman empire or just history.

You know you just can't.

Would walk two feet in Rome and not think while -- -- haters go this attack this and that happened and these dinners -- does that happen and the Catholic Church including all its.

Churches around the world is to sort of it just is nothing like it you know it's a bit better that it would be -- but -- -- unbelievable brand.

Again and every every knows them everybody recognizes them everybody kind of gets it you know you'd have -- languages in our heads as you know that can catechism and -- -- songs on.

So that's that's the upside is.

And so for example on NPR and -- just yesterday.

They're doing a little what the call letters to the editor of discussion about what the coverage have been in three letters around all three for three also that you -- covering -- way too much now.

And Garrett probably not thought of as the most pro Catholic institution Kennedy ever however that you and then their -- and individual.

They couldn't get enough of my hope that elections and smoking.

Cardinals -- and -- that.

And then of course.

That's one element -- their element is.

When that when the mainstream media shouldn't think about -- segment we like the -- -- the pro life are thinking marriage are kind of -- -- so that of course they move -- into the show on sex abuse and scandals and women priests -- -- -- -- think that the throw in there so it's sort of a double file biased toward it.

Parameters of what would we want to cover this and we can't easily this is I've also clicks for a writer and then have a bias against in terms about but when we -- that blitzer with a talk about.

The most part we don't like it.

We were doing bad -- John Moody he yes today our executive vice president.

All author of -- Pope John Paul the second biography.

As well and he was saying that it was interesting watching the media wants -- -- -- became Pope.

The he.

There was a lot of coverage all -- -- this guy is very much anti gay marriage.

This guys very much and emotion -- the guys very much an anti contraception and John's point was well -- you know he's a Catholic.

All of the shots when people get up -- arms that they can't believe you know this church you know that the -- -- so conservative he's anti abortion anti gay marriage.

Of course he is he's a Catholic -- like the Catholic priest.

But secondly he's he's he's.

That's for -- and now you know in the Pope will be happy if all the but he came out for gay marriage and came out four or abortion.

I mean -- And I celtics' I'll reserve comment would be shocking it would -- and not be the word I mean that's that's it is being hit it -- it was able.

-- I didn't know what hit it -- yeah.

I have no problem I'll actually mentioned obviously that while we as we wrap up -- -- especially at the gym.

-- one of these cowboys is on -- is watch every Saturday.

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