A headline in the December issue of the free sheet 'Alive' runs:
"Why Govt wants to sell rain water".
A side bar on the cover page:
"UNICEF 'in secret drive to sterilise 2m women' "
On page three: "Leak blows lid off UK's secret payments to EU"
The column 'Lives of the Saints' features St Oliver Plunkett. This month the dates are correct. But not a mention or hint of an apology for last month's errors.
And then on page five there is a request for volunteers to distribute the free sheet. The ad is titled "Heavenly Reward!"
The editorial headline is: "Equality laws are like the Sharia"
In the 'The Things they say...." column there is an extract from a piece written in the Irish Times.
In attibruting the piece to the author, 'Alive' writes, " - Derek Byrne, a 'gay', in the Irish Times.
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Dominican priest Leo Donovan died in Kiltipper Woods Care Centre, Tallaght on Saturday morning, February 17. Leo had been over two years in ... -
Seósamh Laurence Collins died in Tallaght University Hospital in the early hours of Monday morning, January 22. Larry, as he was known in t... -
John O’Rourke was born in Newry on November 14, 1939. He joined the Dominican Order in September 1958 and was ordained a priest in July 1965...
1 comment:
It is amusing to read Alive's constant complaints about the lack of balance in the public media as it offers no balance itself, nor any right of reply, nor even a 'letters to the editor' spot.
Is it right to presume that all the articles come from the same one hand?
The extraordinary story this month on the "UN sterilization campaign" reveals not only the author's prejudice but also a complete lack of journalistic competence in terms of being able to undertake fundamental research let alone basic fact checking.
This publication is the journalistic equivalent of rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic. There is no acknowledging the reality of what is happening in the Irish church: it is an exercise in whistling past the graveyard.
While not a Dominican publication per se it clearly enjoys the (un)official endorsement of the Order and its Irish "leadership". How very sad. Is this the popular version of Doctrine and Life for the OPs and their supporters in the 21st century? So much for Catholic intellectual tradition ...
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