Since the 1980s, in the hearty middle of Pope John Paul the Great’s leadership, we’ve been writing at the Media Research Center about how the secular liberal media reports on the Catholic church. If it helps the Left, it’s happy news. If it opposes the Left, it’s a horrible obstruction.
When Pope Benedict died at the end of 2022, reporters called him “God’s Rottweiler” and NBC’s Anne Thompson said he looked “cartoonish.” The breaking news on the late Pope Francis was much more positive, he was “inclusive” and “reformist” and was “throwing doors open.” This is how liberal reporters describe someone they feel is an ally. The headlines demonstrated the point:
The Wall Street Journal: “Breaking: Pope Francis, who sought to refocus the Catholic Church to promote social and economic justice rather than traditional moral teachings, has died.”
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