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barbtries

(29,944 posts) Wed Apr 10, 2013, 05:40 AM Apr 2013

is MSNBC run by a catholic?

cause almost every day there's pope headlines. just now it mentioned the pope is "luring lapsed catholics" back to the fold.

i feel as if msnbc is proselytizing. it's making me kind of sick actually.

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is MSNBC run by a catholic? (Original Post) barbtries Apr 2013 OP

Not sure re. MSNBC, but the $Media's coverage of the new pope makes my skin crawl. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2013 #1

you must be right. barbtries Apr 2013 #2

"Lapsed"... what a perversion of the language. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2013 #3

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)

1. Not sure re. MSNBC, but the $Media's coverage of the new pope makes my skin crawl.

Reply to barbtries (Original post)

Wed Apr 10, 2013, 05:48 AM

Apr 2013

For basically the same reason.

I think it's a chance to score brownie points with a large demographic w. not much of a downside.

And it's utterly formulaic: "Wow. This pope's really cooooool. He washes his own dishes and takes the bus."

M$M likes this sort of situation. They basically recycle the formula from when the LAST pope died.

barbtries

(29,944 posts)

2. you must be right.

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 10, 2013, 06:08 AM

Apr 2013

i don't watch corporate media much but i go to msnbc every morning and listen to rachel while i'm getting ready for work. the headline this morning really bugged me. "lapsed"? how about enlightened?
this is not a theocracy.
but you are right. NPR used up my whole drive to work recently on this guy. i was disgusted. and am.

Smarmie Doofus

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3. "Lapsed"... what a perversion of the language.

Reply to barbtries (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 10, 2013, 06:24 AM

Apr 2013

Like ... you'd still be a Catholic but you were just too damn lazy to get outta bed on Sunday mornings.

Instead of..... you read a lot of books and gave it a lot of thought and that combined w. real-life experience helped you GROW OUT OF IT.

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