From time to time there is an opinion expressed within church circles that the media do not give a fair hearing to church issues.
Print, TV and radio attempt to tell the story as it is. Columnists express opinions.
There is no doubt that Irish newspapers give wide coverage to church issues. A day hardly goes by without some church story receiving coverage in the media.
Fortunately the media is not obeisant to the church in a way that it was three, four decades ago.
Print, TV and radio attempt to tell the story as it is. Columnists express opinions.
There is no doubt that Irish newspapers give wide coverage to church issues. A day hardly goes by without some church story receiving coverage in the media.
Fortunately the media is not obeisant to the church in a way that it was three, four decades ago.
In today's Irish Times Sarah Carey writes how she was forbidden to write in favour of the Lisbon Treaty when she was working with the Irish edition of The Sunday Times.
She argues that is is always important to ask 'Who is behind this and what is there agenda?'.
It is a most forthright article, worrying too.
It is interesting to note how right-wing church groups now seem to be in bed with Rupert Murdoch publications. And frightening too.
Sarah Carey asks in whose interests did the Sunday Times campaign against the Lisbon Treaty to the exclusion of all favourable comment.
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Anyone familiar with Sarah Carey's articles in the Sunday Times would know that she is anything but favourable towards the Roman Catholic Church."It is interesting to note how right-wing church groups now seem to be in bed with Rupert Murdoch publications" I don't see the connection here? Maybe you could explain?
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