MALTA
Times of Malta

Sunday, November 9, 2014 by Fr Joe Borg

This newspaper was the first to prudently but professionally break the story about the pending court case against Fr Charles Fenech, who stands accused of sexually abusing a vulnerable person. This report was followed by other newspapers and other media which sometimes preferred to give a sensationalist bend.

The accusations against him are very serious, even horrible. This piece is not intentioned to diminish in any way or manner the seriousness of what is alleged.

It is not meant to defend Fenech in any way as I have no brief or interest to do so. But it interests me to analyse whether its reportage in the media is or is not another example of the state of unbearable shambles of public discourse in Malta.

Many media outlets lost their sense of proportion. I believe that journalistically and…