Tag: media
The reason for bad news
Our over-sensitive awareness of ourselves as responsible for “making history” is a grotesque illusion, and it leads us into the morass of pseudo-events. Those who are obsessed with “making history” are responsible for the banality of the bad news which comes more and more to constitute our “history.” The Church that takes all this too… Read More ›
Amplification of news and of opinion
Today, with the enormous amplification of news and of opinion, we are suffering from more than acceptable distortions of perspective. Our supposed historical consciousness, over-informed and over stimulated, is threatened with death by bloating, and we are over come with a political elephantiasis which sometimes seems to make all actual forward motion useless if not… Read More ›
Pope skewers journalists who focus on scandal
Vatican City, Dec 7, 2016 / 09:49 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis gave an interview to a Belgian magazine in which he cautioned media to avoid several major temptations, including the desire to always focus on scandal – which he compared to “coprophilia,” a mental illness in which a person has an abnormal interest in… Read More ›
Keep your head clear of static
Clearly, the “powers” and “elements” which in Paul’s day dominated men’s minds through pagan religion or through religious legalism, today dominate us in the confusion and the ambiguity of the Babel of tongues that we call mass-society. Certainly I do not condemn everything in the mass media. But how does one stop to separate the… Read More ›
Incredibly Venomous Atmosphere Sparks Call for Return to Prayer and Scripture
The other day the Republican candidate for vice-president of the U.S. understandably and accurately observed that it is the most partisan atmosphere he’s “ever seen.” It is also the most rancorous. Fully nasty and sometimes profane and vicious e-mails twit about. Protesters spit at rallying politicos. Verbal abuse rides the airwaves. There are false accusations… Read More ›
The truth is precious
The best way to disarm disinformation agents is to know their methods inside and out. This gives us the ability to point out exactly what they are doing in detail the moment they try to do it. Immediately exposing a disinformation tactic as it is being used is highly destructive to the person utilizing it…. Read More ›
Facebook pages on Christianity outrank pop stars in user activity
Denver, Colo., May 19, 2011 / 03:08 am (CNA).- Religious pages on Facebook attract significant engagement and pages about Jesus and the Bible recently beat out pop stars like Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga in attracting user activity. The “Jesus Daily” page led user activity rankings, with nearly 2.3 million interactions in the week of… Read More ›
Making Good Use of the Internet
12. To all persons of good will. Finally, then, we would suggest some virtues that need to be cultivated by everyone who wants to make good use of the Internet; their exercise should be based upon and guided by a realistic appraisal of its contents. Prudence is necessary in order clearly to see the implications—the… Read More ›
Vatican Radio celebrates 80 years, focuses on digital future
Vatican City, Feb 11, 2011 / 03:13 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican’s radio station is celebrating its 80th anniversary — with a nod to its distinguished past but clearly focused on the digital future that lies ahead. The station held a press conference at the Vatican Museums on Feb. 10 to mark the special occasion… Read More ›
Refusal to air John 3:16 Super Bowl ad censored Jesus
Washington D.C., Feb 8, 2011 / 05:43 am (CNA).- The Fox Broadcasting Company’s refusal to air a Super Bowl commercial which encouraged the reading of the Bible verse John 3:16 “censored” Jesus Christ while ignoring objectionable material, Media Research Center president L. Brent Bozell III said. “Any censorship of Christianity is analogous to anti-Christian bigotry,”… Read More ›