Societal Challenges Media

Interviews

• Andrea Gagliarducci

• Father Daniel P Horan, OFM

• Father Larry Rice, CSP

• Nicoletta Borgia Al Bdeiwi

• Paolo Fucili

• Tony Agnesi

Articles and Commentaries

• Federal judge says White House’s punishment of Associated Press is unconstitutional by Devan Cole CNN

• Catholic priest who crusaded against church abuse faces his own sex accusations: lawsuit by Peter Senzamici New York Post

• Reuters Shows Its Anti-Catholic Bias by Bill Donohue Catholic League

• Dana Perino Leaves 'The Five' and SparksMajor Lawsuit Against Network: Her Response on Air by Snopes

• NCR, Global Sisters Report and EarthBeat win 44 Catholic Media Awards by National Catholic Reporter

• An NPR editor who wrote a critical essay on company has resigned after being suspended by David Bauder The Associated Press

• Media watchdog representative denied entry to Hong Kong by AFP Hong Kong/UCA News

• Pope Francis and the Sharron Angle strategy of media relations by John L. Allen Jr. Crux

• The Synod of “selfies” and the media by Massimo Faggioli La Croix International

• White House blasts Fox News host’s claim that ‘you had to be useful’ in death camps by Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Arizona man targeted by January 6 conspiracy theorists sues Fox News for defamation by Oliver Darcy CNN

• With declining vaccinations in Brazil, Church is called to help combat fake news by Eduardo Campos Lima La Croix International

• Trump Walks Out of Fox News Interview in Anger by Inter News Group

• ‘Fake News’ bill sparks debate, divides Brazil’s Catholics by Eduardo Campos Lima Crux

• Five takeaways on Tucker Carlson’s exit from Fox News by Al Weaver The Hill

• Fox News digs up an inconvenient fact after Trump rants about ‘transgender insanity’ by Gideon Rubin Raw Story

• Tucker Carlson out at Fox News by Oliver Darcy and Marshall Cohen CNN

• Don Lemon fired by CNN by Doha Madani b NBC News

• Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia on spying charges by Sarah Dean, Anna Chernova and Julia Horowitz CNN

• Dominion wins rare judgment against Fox News on every legal issue but actual malice before blockbuster trial by Adam Klasgelld Law & Crime

• Martin Baron defends objectivity as the ultimate standard for journalism by Anika Jain The Justice

• Spanish bishop bans Catholic media service from his diocesan TV station by CathNews New Zealand

• Spanish bishop bans EWTN from diocesan television station by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• Murdoch thought Fox hosts may have gone ‘too far’ in coverage of Trump’s election lies, new filings reveal by Graeme Massie The Independent

• Tucker Carlson Praises Trump Day After Leaked Texts Revealed His 'Hate' by Gerrard Kaonga Newsweek

• Tucker Carlson Deserves a Raise for His Shameless Lies. Carlson’s job is to make money for Fox, not tell the truth. by Jon Schwarz The Intercept

• Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger blasts Fox News' Tucker Carlson over Jan. 6 video by Bart Jansen USA TODAY

• Murdoch thought Fox hosts may have gone ‘too far’ in coverage of Trump’s election lies, new filings reveal by Graeme Massie The Independent

• How do you respond to the killing of friends? By dancing for hope by Sebastian Salamanca Huet, SJ The Jesuit Post

• Tucker Carlson Deserves a Raise for His Shameless Lies. Carlson’s job is to make money for Fox, not tell the truth. by Jon Schwarz The Intercept

• Watch: Ann Coulter says Donald Trump is 'profoundly stupid' by Brandon Gage AlterNet

• Tucker Carlson Called Donald Trump “A Demonic Force” by Kermit Zarley Patheos

• The Danish media and their Islamophobia problem by Hannah Macaulay and Freddie Scott European Academy of Religious Society

• 'Something’s going on there': Tucker Carlson spins conspiracy about Lindsey Graham to explain his support for Ukraine by Meaghan Ellis AlterNet

• Watch: Tucker Carlson goes bananas with over-the-top rant about Zelenskyy’s congressional meeting by Meaghan Ellis AlterNet

• Sean Hannity — under oath — admits he 'didn’t believe' election lies 'for one second': deposition by Alex Henderson AlterNet

• Sean Hannity was 'actively misinforming' Fox News viewers during Sidney Powell interview: columnist by Alex Henderson AlterNet

• 'Blackface expert' Megyn Kelly buried by MSNBC host after racism accusation by Tom Boggioni Raw Story/AlterNet

• Our Opinion: Legally targeting a journalist who exposed clergy abuse is a chilling tactic that the Springfield Diocese should drop by The Berkshire Eagle

• Propaganda that empowers Putin': Conservative says these Fox News hosts have become Kremlin mouthpieces by Alex Henderson AlterNet

• Exhibit recalls Catholic journalists’ courage in Lithuania under Soviets by Christina Lee Knauss Catholic News Service

• Pope Francis: Digital media raises serious ethical issues by Christopher Wells Vatican News

• Anti-Catholic witch hunt by media by CathNews New Zealand

• Catholic journalists urged to face media, church distrust head-on by Carol Zimmerman Catholic News Service

• Vatican to start monthly newspaper by and with the poor by Nicole Winfield The Associated Press/Crux

• Putin’s Goons Say Tucker Carlson Is Must-See TV. The Kremlin has told state-run TV to air Carlson’s pro-Russia talking points as much as possible. by Bess Levin Vanity Fair

• Fox Nation’s Lara Logan Suggests Theory of Evolution Is a Hoax Funded by Jews by Ryan Bort Rolling Stone

• Russian foreign minister praises Fox News coverage of war in Ukraine by Joanna Walters The Guardian

• Francis X. Maier: Catholic journalists called to report the truth with ‘a consuming passion for excellence’ by Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• Brooklyn Jewish group tries face-to-face approach to fighting antisemitism by Julia Gergely The Jerusalem Post

• Two journalists burned alive by gang in Haiti by Natalie Gallón CNN

• Boston's Cardinal O'Malley defends Francis against attacks from EWTN critics by Christopher White Crux

• O’Malley says EWTN, social media give distorted image of US support for Pope by Elise Ann Allen Crux

• Fox News Host Advises Viewers Against Boosters as COVID Rages by Matt Wilstein The Daily Beast

• Pope Francis thanked journalists for not allowing the Church to 'sweep' sexual abuse scandals 'under the carpet' by Connor Perrett Business Insider/Microsoft News

• 62 journalists killed in 2020, just for doing their jobs: UNESCO by UN News

• For Journalists by Father Shay Cullen Profiles in Catholicism

• Mexican drug cartel threatens to kill TV reporter by BBC

• Exposé that brought down USCCB official likely to have lasting fallout by John L. Allen Jr Crux

• With owner in jail, assets frozen, Hong Kong newspaper announces closure by Catholic News Service/Crux

• 12 Australian media companies fined for breaking Pell order by Rod McGuirk The Associated Press/Crux

• Reporting the news can bring sudden death in Pakistan. Calls grow for Pakistan's government to halt vicious attacks on journalists by Zahid Hussain Khan UCA News

• Conservative Catholic media meet Ladaria letter with denial by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter

• Why this priest decided to unplug by Fr. Peter Daly National Catholic Reporter

• Cardinal Zen criticizes bail denial to Hong Kong media tycoon by UCA News

• ADL chief calls for Tucker Carlson’s ouster after Fox News host endorses white supremacist conspiracy theory by Ben Sales The Forward

• Journalism in a Time of Crisis by The New York Review of Books

• Dominion worker sues Trump campaign and conservative media by David Bauder Associated Press

• Neo-Nazi sentenced to prison in plot to threaten journalists. Four members of the "Atomwaffen Division" targeted journalists and advocates in an attempt to terrorize them, prosecutors have said. by Phil Helsel NBC News

• Arizona Man Sentenced For Role In Neo-Nazi Plot Targeting Journalists by Laurel Wamsley NPR

• Christian journalist gunned down in Pakistan, Qais Javed becomes fourth member of the media killed in the country this year by UCA News reporter UCA News

• The media is not the church's enemy by Heidi Schlumpf National Catholic Reporter

• Australian media’s trial begins over gag order violation in Cardinal Pell case by Catholic News Agency

• Polish nuns protest media 'discrimination' by Jonathan Luxmoore The Tablet

• Awards for Jesuit Communications Jesuit Communications recognised with five awards in the 2020 Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA) Awards. by Jesuits Australia

• Justice Dept. files landmark antitrust case against Google by Michael Balsamo and Marcy Gordon Associated Press/The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

• Don’t abolish the police. Reimagine law enforcement. by Tobias Winright America

• Plus new Russian disinformation tactics and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

• The Lamp: Why these Catholics are creating a print magazine in a digital age by CNA/The Catholic World Report

• Christian communicators can bring hope to world in crisis, pope says. Professional Christian communicators must be heralds of hope and trust in the future by Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service/UCANews

• Pope Francis to Catholic Media: Be signs of unity amid diversity by Vatican News

• Supporters denounce 'red-tagging' of prominent Philippine nun by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo Global Sisters Report

• Closure of Philippine TV station a ‘chilling message’ from Duterte govt, bishop says by Charles Collins  Crux

• Pope prays for journalists covering pandemic by Junno Arocho Esteves  Catholic News Service/TheArlingtonCatholic Herald

• Should Turkey extend the release of prisoners to journalists and human rights activists, who were arbitrarily detained? by We Hold These Truths

• Networks face decision: How long to stick with Trump? by David Baurer  Associated Press

• What Happened to the New York Times’ Man in Tehran? The head-scratching case of Thomas Erdbrink, who apparently upset the Iranian government, and went silent for a year by Peter Theroux Tablet

• CNN settles lawsuit with Catholic teen over March for Life encounter by Associated Press/Crux

• 250 journalists imprisoned worldwide during 2019 by Vatican News

• Americans don’t trust the media. Here’s how we can fix that. by Richard G. Jones America

• Living an Interior Life in an Instagram World by Tina Mayeux Patheis

• Holy Father Cites Valuable Work of Journalists. Yours is a valuable work because it contributes to the search for truth, and only the truth sets us free.’ by Zenit Staff  Zenit

• Facebook censors pro-life ad in Ireland by Zelda Caldwell Aleteia

• EWTN To Launch African News Agency by Cision

• Defending freedom of the press in an era of ‘fake news’ by John L. Allen Jr. Crux’

• Northern Ireland bishop expresses ‘shock, revulsion’ after journalist’s murder by Charles Collins Crux

• Three dozen journalists and media companies indicted over Pell trial gag order by Catholic News Agency/Angelus

• Betraying internal forum is a sin, pope tells confessors by Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service

• Great Moments in Diocesan Communications by Deacon Greg Kandra  Patheos

• Director of L’Osservatore Romano’s Response to Resignation of Women’s Magazine’s Director and Board Prof. Andrea Monda Thanks Lucetta Scaraffia for ‘Valuable Work’ by Zenit Staff  Zenit

• Are women’s voices being silenced at the Vatican? by Colleen Dulle  America

• Pope scrambles to get his media team back on message by Robert Mickens La Croix International

• 1 big thing: Inside Trump’s fake news recidivism by Mike Allen  Axios

• The Social Media God or God in Social Media? by Theresa Zoe Williams Patheos

• Sourcing enlightenment: Changing media breaks open spiritual guidance by James Dearie National Catholic Reporter

• Puppet media claims Christian identity; it's wrong by Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter

• Catholic Cyber-Militias and the New Censorship by Massimo Faggioli La Croix International

• Expert sees cyberspace full of risk, from addictions to child abuse by CathNews New Zealand

• How Facebook’s P.R. Firm Brought Political Trickery to Tech by Jack Nicas The New York Times

• Try This: Just Log Out of Facebook by  Brian Feldman Intelligencer

• The Rush to Publish by John Garvey Echoes

• Can new media revive Christian publishing in India? by Father Babu Joseph UCANews.com

• The church online: Synod calls for virtuous digital outreach by Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service/Angelus

• Norbertines launch digital library from their California abbey by Mary Rezac Catholic News Agency/Angelus

• Synod discusses the Church’s role in the digital world By Sarah Mac Donald CatholicIreland.net

• Q & A with Sr. Véronique Rouquet, sharing God's presence on the internet by Elisabeth Auvillain   Global Sisters Report

• Dear Twitter, Goodbye by Jason Downer, SJ The Jesuit Post

• China's Orwellian control of religious websites by Professor Ying Fuk-tsang UCANews.com

• Protecting Indian kids when they go online by Bijay Kumar Minj UCANews/com

• Dear Twitter, Goodbye by Jason Downer, SJ The Jesuit Post

• The first “social network” of brains lets three people transmit thoughts to each other’s heads by Emerging Technology

• The Facebook Security Meltdown Exposes Way More Sites Than Facebook by Brian Barrett and Lily Hay Newman Wired

• Learn From These Bugs. Don't Let Social Media Zombify You b Gabriel Alcala Wired

• Social Media and Incidental Evangelization: Oops, You Just Converted Someone Again by Kristy Burmeister Patheos

• Meet Atticus, the Instagram poet who never takes off his mask by Emma Winters America

• Social media stoking religious hatred in Pakistan by Kashif Anthony and Zahid Hussain UCANews.com

• Finding peace in today’s world of digital distractions by Kris McGregor Angelus News

• Vietnam's communists intensify control of internet by Michael Sainsbury UCAnews

Documents

• Social Media Guidelines by USCCB

Book Reviews

• Transforming Parish Communications: Growing the Church through New Media by Scott Landry Reviewed by Gordon Nary

Resources

• Awestruck
  

Videos

Social Media in Franciscan Life with Fr. Daniel P. Horan, OFM