NYT/AP: Pope Calls on Media to Report Objectively

Pope Calls on Media to Report Objectively
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 8, 2005


VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that the media can spread peace but also foment violence, and called for journalists to exercise responsibility to ensure objective reports that respect human dignity and the common good.

Benedict made the comments during a brief appearance at his studio window to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter's Square below, following in the beloved Sunday tradition of Pope John Paul II.

Noting that Sunday was the world day of social communications, the pope praised the media for what he called the ''extraordinary'' coverage of the death and funeral of John Paul. ''But everything depends on the way it (the media) is used,'' he said.

''These important tools of communication can favor reciprocal knowledge and dialogue, or on the contrary, they can fuel prejudice and disdain between individuals and peoples; they can contribute to spreading peace or fomenting violence.''...


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Pope.html?oref=login

TO STFU!

... before Iraq.

Too bad Ratso won't apply the same standards to which he wants the media to vcomply to his own church's periodicals...

(Jesuit priest) of the National Catholic Reporter ...
gawd forbid we should foment dissent!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1454011

of "America" for communicating dissent!

"ensure objective reports that respect human dignity and the common good."


"Respect human dignity?" That just means "Don't show any pictures that show the human costs of war...it is undignified to be photographed with a half your torso blown off.

"Common good?" That simply means, if the truth is to upsetting at the moment, keep your eyes on the prize, remember not the moment but the common good. IOW, lie if you have to.

I agree with the other poster...STFU. Amen.

that's the ticket

Media is usually called biased by those getting slammed.

Big effin' deal, Pope. "Media must be biased because otherwise they wouldn't say such terrible things about me."

Ahem. Get over it. :evilgrin:

Wish Thomas Merton were alive today.

He prayed to God that he wouldn't be elected Pope! Well, he certainly could have withdrew with name from the ballot. A liar is soon found out.

"Benedict, the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was John Paul's chief theological adviser on such issues in his 24 years as prefect of the powerful Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith."

"tools of communication" to foment violence!

Is he saying he wants the US media to start telling the truth?

Fuck Ratzinger.