UNITED STATES
Catholic News Agency
Washington D.C., Jun 16, 2012 / 04:47 pm (CNA).- News media coverage has “ranged from imbalanced to near-fraudulent” in its contrasting reports on the religious freedom rallies and the controversy over Vatican action towards the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, media observer Mollie Hemingway says.
“While the dissenters against the HHS mandate are marginalized by the media, the dissenters against the Vatican are uplifted,” she told CNA June 13. “Dissent against the Obama administration seems to be questioned while there are few things the media like more than dissent against the Vatican.”
Hemingway, a reporter who writes on the religion news analysis blog GetReligion.org, said 2012 “has not been a great year for media coverage of religious news.”
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