CNN Welcomes Pope Benedict to Retirement With Litany of His ‘Serious Controversies’

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By Matt Hadro | February 11, 2013

Right as CNN’s The Situation Room reported the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, correspondent Brian Todd launched into a litany of the “controversies” of his papacy and pushed the positive analysis to the bottom of his report.

“Pope Benedict’s papacy has been marked by serious controversies,” began anchor Wolf Blitzer. Todd followed up that as far as “controversies” were concerned, “there was certainly no shortage of those during his papacy.” [Video below the break. Audio here.]

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