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Trusting Your News Coverage

I would hope most people realize that one simply cannot believe everything you see or hear or read in the news. I think most readers know this, but think that there may still be major news outlets that are more or less trustworthy. However, one needn’t look to Charles Jaco or Keith Olbermann to point out the major problems in the accuracy of news reporting; in this case, Fox News gets into the act.

The first video here explains how Fox News reported that Ron Paul, who won the CPAC straw poll in 2011, was roundly booed by CPAC attendees. The problem is that the footage they ran is of his victory in 2010, when Mitt Romney supporters, disappointed at the unexpected loss of their candidate, let Paul have it. Yet it is reported as having happened this year. This video takes awhile to make the point, but watch it anyway:

Well, it seems that Fox News, once busted, has issued an apology, calling this an “honest mistake”. OK, I hope it was. But it either is or it isn’t. Either way, it doesn’t speak well for the Fox News outfit. Either they intentionally made news and deceived people, or else the producer, writer and anchor didn’t do any actual checking of the event they were covering, but pulled or used this footage taking someone else’s word for what it was. Which is sloppy reporting, to say the least:

Interesting Name

Banner of the pro-communist Lincoln Brigade, which was comprised of Americans who fought in the Spanish Civil War.

A Matter for Prayer

Rorate Caeli is sounding the alarm about the rumored and long-awaited “clarification” or “instruction” letter on the implementation of the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum. The site says that the current, unreleased text is greatly restrictive, and that it reverts to an “indult” mentality to the great contradiction of the text and intent of the motu proprio.

I post this link with some misgivings, and of course with a sense of irony, since concurrent with this posting on the state of the rumor mill I will give a warning about listening to rumors.

This is all very reminiscent to the build-up to Summorum Pontificum itself. Lots of rumors, even on the very eve of release, predicting gloom or glee. But, generally, Rorate Caeli was very close to the mark then, so I will give them some credit here.

Of course, any attempt to water down legislation with non-legislative directions will be greatly disappointing. Before the motu proprio–which only confirmed what was already true, that the Mass was not abrogated– the traditional Catholic evangelist had to almost have a doctorate in Canon Law or Sacramental Theology to be able to explicate the proof. I’d hate to have to revert to those days, but hey, read my post on veils if you think I’ll shrink from it.

Hence, I think it is worth noting this post, without getting too excited just yet. And above all, pray for the Holy Father, and ask Our Lady to protect and preserve the Church from error and heresy.