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We don’t do a lot of entertainment media criticism here at GetReligion. Our bread and butter is the world of journalism, generally that done by daily newspapers. But this article, titled “Why can’t Hollywood get Jews right?,” is worth the sojourn.
A Canadian reader passed along this tragic story from the Toronto Star. It’s about a man who killed his daughter-in-law. He said he did it to protect the family’s honor. The article includes a lot of details about the crime and the cover-up and doesn’t shy away from the fact that it’s an honor killing:
Yesterday I highlighted a New York Times article on psychological screening of seminary candidates. I actually thought the article accomplished a lot and I enjoyed reading it. And I dinged it for failing to explain — and include quotes defending — the Vatican position on accepting homosexual candidates.
An editor recently asked me to write about some issues related to the Roman Catholic sex abuse problem. I had a wonderful time interviewing over one dozen experts. They spoke from a variety of perspectives — people extremely upset with particular church policies and doctrines and people who thought the problems arose out of failure to adhere to church doctrine.
For a few months now, mainstream media outlets have been attempting to tie Pope Benedict XVI to a cover-up of the clerical sex abuse scandal that plagued the Roman Catholic Church. The claims themselves haven’t made the case. In fact, those reporters most knowledgeable of the Vatican situation, such as John Allen, say that Benedict has done more than anyone else to improve how the church handles abuse cases.
Can you imagine the topics of conversation at the dinner table in the Burke household in Baltimore? My guess is that Pope Benedict XVI, the Dalai Lama and Billy Graham come up on occasion.
The way I see it, Rupert Murdoch is, all by himself, one of the most interesting puzzles in all of journalism.
