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Melissa Dribben, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, wrote an article in February about Secretary of State Madeline Albright's newly discovered Jewish ancestry. The piece was okay save for one cheap shot. Speaking rhetorically, Dribben made the point how Jewish kids are often subjected to anti-Semitism, as in the (seemingly) proverbial comment offered by "parochial schoolkids" [...]
On July 28, the HBO show "Sex and the City" aired an episode that was dotted with cheap shots at Catholicism. The episode, "Unoriginal Sin," featured Sarah Jessica Parker playing Carrie Bradshaw; Carrie is also the show's narrator. Viewers also meet Miranda, an unmarried non-Catholic mother of a newborn. Her boyfriend wants to baptize the child [...]
Karen De Witt, a writer for the New York Times, recently took a cheap shot against the Catholic Church. In the PBS show, "To the Contrary," the panelists were discussing sexual abuse when De Witt unloaded with the folllowing: "It's not just an issue with girls alone. Boys are exploited as well, and people should not forget [...]
A writer from Madison, Wisconsin, Jacquelyn Mitchard, recently wrote a pro-abortion article wherein she just happened to take some cheap shots at the Catholic Church. The columnist repeated the same old canard about the Church not providing enough services to unwed mothers. William Donohue’s letter in reply was published on April 18. Dear Editor: Jacquelyn Mitchard [...]
Media Archbishop Dolan’s Critics Freak Out In November, following the election of Archbishop Timothy Dolan as the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, critics of the New York archbishop went ballistic. Here are a few examples: NPR was worried that Archbishop Dolan is “overtly conservative,” and Tim Rutten of the Los Angeles Times fretted about [...]
January 17 Madison, WI – A U.S. district judge ruled that the University of Wisconsin-Madison must stop denying funding to student organizations that engage in prayer, worship, or proselytizing. The school refused to fund the Roman Catholic Foundation because the university believed it would violate the separation of church and state. The judge ruled that denying [...]
Media Response to John Jay Report On May 18, we addressed what the media said about the 2011 John Jay Report on the “Causes and Context” of clergy abuse. Bill Donohue’s analysis of the report is at the end of the annual report. After the New York Times criticized the study as the “blame Woodstock” report, many [...]
Three cartoons that were recently printed earned a letter of protest from the Catholic League. In August, the Valley Mirror, a newspaper in the area of Sacramento, California, published a cartoon of the Pope receiving a cross from a Nazi with the inscription "Nazi Gold" emblazoned on it; the Pope answers, "Bless You, My Son." The league shot back with [...]
