I’m so old that I remember when Catholic leaders getting involved in anything even slightly political meant that journalists would write hard-hitting pieces. Sometimes journalists would just follow the “too political” talking points of well-funded PR campaigns run by political opponents of the Catholic leaders.
Why, I remember this one profile of a Catholic leader that described him as angry and confrontational, only quoted those who oppose him (without mentioning their political positions), misstated the level of opposition, and ran with the “too political” theme to the bitter end. Oh wait. That was last week.
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