It certainly has to be a question of lazy journalism. A number of media outlets today have made reference to Pope Benedict as young Josef Ratzinger joining the Hitler Youth.
On becoming pope, the media thoroughly investigated the issue and there is general consensus that he was forced to join and that there was nothing significant in his joining.
Today's Irish Independent has a headline on its front page 'Vatican plays down Nazi claim and the headline on the lead story on page 21 is, 'Vatican forced to deny Pope was a member of Hitler Youth'.
These are not stories. Maybe the current economic downturn is hitting hard the world of media.
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