Catholic Fire

Once again, the articulate and eloquent Archbishop Chaput speaks very candidly and truthfully about one of the most crucial issues of our day -- the bias in the mainstream media . Via CNA: At a Wednesday evening gathering of the Catholic business group Legatus, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver analyzed the influence of the media upon American Catholics. The news media, he said, has the important role in our democracy of protecting truth and pursuing reason, but it is failing to deliver. "America’s news media have enormous opinion-shaping power," Chaput explained. "Therefore it’s vital for Catholics to understand how the media work, and especially how they work on us." "The media’s power to shape public thought is why it’s so vital for the rest of us to understand their human element." Instead of some impersonal organization, Catholics need to realize that the men and women who report the news bring their own cultural and political views, economic pres...

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