Diocesan Newspaper Says San Diego Union-Tribune Guilty of Sloppy Reporting
California Catholic Daily [San Diego CA]
April 22, 2007
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The Southern Cross, newspaper of the Diocese of San Diego, has published a lengthy opinion piece by its editor, Cyril Jones-Kellet, accusing the San Diego Union-Tribune of, among other things, inaccurate reporting, unfairness — and even "making things up."
The editorial, entitled "The Hundred-Million-Dollar Typo," and published March 29, was accompanied by a photo of the parish hall of Oceanside's St. Mary, Star of the Sea, with the caption, "San Diego's daily newspaper seems to think this parish hall is a bank."
Faced with mounting civil lawsuits over allegations of sexual misconduct by priests, the San Diego diocese filed for bankruptcy on Feb. 27. On both its news and editorial pages, the Union-Tribune has reported that the diocese owns "apartment buildings, condominium complexes, commercial developments and undeveloped land."
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That, said Jones-Kellet, is not true.
While the Southern Cross editor admits that diocesan officials have not been cooperative with the press, he says that is no license for frustrated reporters to abandon fairness and objectivity: "...the Union-Tribune cannot seriously be contending that if you choose not to talk to them they have a right to say whatever they want about you — can they?"
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