UNITED STATES
Christian Catholicism
Jerry Slevin
While banning commenters like me is the ultimate censorship tactic that NCR has adopted, apparently in light of its conservative Catholic donors’ influence or other unknown factors, see here:
Bill Lindsey has brilliantly shown at Bilgrimage.com, see here:
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how NCR Discus comment objection “flags” are being managed by some bloggers at NCR to depress comments either permanently or until most other readers have read others’ comments and moved on.
Since NCR got its $2 million dollar grant from the conservative Hilton Foundation, which is associated with FAIDICA (a group of seemingly conservative Catholic foundations, in part at least it appears, under the influence of wealthy investment bankers who have also advertised another of their related groups at NCR), NCR has turned considerably to the right in its coverage and focus in my opinion. It has also hired a new management team that appears to me to be dedicated often to pleasing right wing interests.
This seems to have been done (1) by neutralizing NCR’s focus increasingly to “feel good” stories about nuns and Pope Francis, (2) by seemingly reducing the coverage and frequency of tough stories on bishops’ misdeeds, especially on Vatican priest child abuse cover-ups, (3) by controlling content by increased comment censorship and the selection of more seemingly biased articles and writers, and (4) by seemingly focusing on selecting more NCR directors who likely may better please NCR’s major donors. For example, the sister who is the communications director of LCWR is no longer on NCR’s Board of Directors. Why not? Very puzzling, no?
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