tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post3911339619669080705..comments2024-03-28T16:16:51.062-04:00Comments on Musings of a Pertinacious Papist: Mainstream US media asleep on the job?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-25933198522082087392010-09-28T00:57:08.694-04:002010-09-28T00:57:08.694-04:00Benedict's first trip to Germany was also a hu...Benedict's first trip to Germany was also a huge event there, but ignored in the media elsewhere. His British trip was a wonderful morale-boosting moment. Blessed JHN smiled down on us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-69392393550972944762010-09-27T20:46:33.889-04:002010-09-27T20:46:33.889-04:00Donna,
You're right. We've never had cab...Donna,<br /><br />You're right. We've never had cable nor satellite TV. For a period of about 5 years, we had a pair of rabbit ears antennae when someone foisted a black-and-white TV on us out of "pity" for us, so our boys could watch sports. But there is so little of any abiding value on TV at all, that we quickly did away with it. When does one have TIME to WATCH the glow-in-the-dark tube? <br /><br />Whatever is convenient and important to have -- like the news -- has always been available on radio, which allows one to multi-task by preparing dinner or doing the dishes. Or, nowadays, most things like EWTN are available online if you have a computer anyway, and then you can decide what you want<br />to spend time on, if you so decide.Pertinacious Papisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03213911570586726075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-79185907198744836032010-09-25T19:21:50.672-04:002010-09-25T19:21:50.672-04:00They're not asleep. They are hard at work fin...They're not asleep. They are hard at work finetuning a slanderous and vulgarized view of the CAtholic Church, many of whose US leaders are only too eager to assist them, performing seals that they are.Ralph Roister-Doisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-15453653226678885042010-09-25T12:37:46.120-04:002010-09-25T12:37:46.120-04:00FIL doesn't get EWTN I suspect?
DonnaFIL doesn't get EWTN I suspect?<br /><br />DonnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-13362972102442539292010-09-25T11:05:22.171-04:002010-09-25T11:05:22.171-04:00Religion has always been poorly covered, but it us...Religion has always been poorly covered, but it used to be accorded a degree of regard. Contrarily, entertainment and Hollywood news used to be accorded attention only in Style sections. All that really has changed. Religion is covered only in the post politicized of terms, and entertainment is typically front page news. A banner weekend at the box office or an American Idol runoff will get mentioned about the fold, whereas the Pope... not quite. And the mechanics of religion stories is routinely off. Religion specifics now are viewed as about as important as details in Dungeons and Dragons rulebooks.<br /><br />I don't think it is the economy. It is the culture. We've lost a part of the culture war, and the Church is simply one of many voices, one that is less credible and interesting to many, one that seems archaic and dated. The younger generation thinks it strange the Church was ever accorded so much import, and also sees it primarily as hypocritical and dysfunctional, unable to manage its own house. <br /><br />As mulitculturalism ascends, the older voices lose authority and also novelty, and become tired sounding. We see ourselves as a creative minority. Many others see us as Amish minus the country charm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-78492252429770408172010-09-25T11:01:21.934-04:002010-09-25T11:01:21.934-04:00Media is not asleep. They're covering exactly...Media is not asleep. They're covering exactly what they want to cover--the news. <br /><br />It's a matter who or what dictates reality. We are presently in a NWO of opinion-driven news, not the current of events-driven news.<br /><br />If you're looking for right or wrong, good and evil--ask the opinion-makers (to include media and "ruling elite" of politics plus the millions of mindless trolls who tow their line) what it is for the day or week. I suggest glancing at The Daily Beast to get a clear idea of the "reality" being dictated and simutaneously slurped up. The facts are not being kept in the way of what they think are grand "realities" = news.Lutheranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15582543118337871845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-12506593979463146912010-09-25T08:15:11.951-04:002010-09-25T08:15:11.951-04:00Spot on!! The MSM ( Left Stream Media) is certainl...Spot on!! The MSM ( Left Stream Media) is certainly asleep at the switch. Some things that the media decides not to report is done purposefully because it doesn't fit their agenda, but their highlighting the Pope's meeting with the abuse victims keeps the abuse story alive, and that is in their agenda. The media just doesn't get religion anymore. They have turned away from religion in order to turn to reporting on what they perceive to be more "important" news in the pop culture today. The media is ignoring these types of life changing or monumental events and by doing so, they are doing our country and its citizens a great disservice.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04908173926196232573noreply@blogger.com