By Selwyn Duke
If the pen is mightier than the sword, misuse of it can be a murderous act. As my faithful readers know, I’ve devoted much ink lately to the media abuse scandal — that is, their abuse of the Truth in reporting on the Catholic Church. Now, it’s not my practice to fixate on one issue for so long, but determined propagandists call for determined defenses. And never have I seen the media so completely abandon proper journalistic standards as they have with respect to the Catholic Church.
As an example, Christopher Hitchens,
today’s poster boy for militant atheism, has insisted that Pope Benedict
XVI should be arrested for what he claims is complicity in a cover-up
of sexual abuse. And while Hitchens should know better, it’s not
surprising that he would take this view if he truly believes the
nonsense he has been spouting.
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