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This 5 page report discusses the ways in which the media presents an anti-Catholic bias in film and television. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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cases of anti-Catholicism" every year (p. 12). In a report on what he lists as the top ten anti-Catholic atrocities committed in 2001, four were directly related to the media.
In two of these instances, involved overtly anti-Catholic sentiments by what can best be described as having been the results of "radical" media - the Gay and Lesbian section of
Time Out New York and the televised version of the Howard Stern Show. However, the other two examples, print advertising and the airing of a controversial program on the Showtime
cable channel, are certainly examples of mainstream media. What the student working on this project should understand is that anti-Catholic bias also presents itself through the media in a number
of other ways. Television - both in news and entertainment programs - and the movie industry often present distinctly anti-Catholic attitudes. Anti-Catholic Television L. Brent Bozell (2003) makes note of
the fact that 2002 was a "terrible year for the Catholic Church in America" (Internet source). His statement directly relates to the ways in which "entertainment" television has capitalized on
the tragedies revealed about a relatively small number of parish priests and child abuse. He emphasizes the point that the vast majority of priests are true servants of God and
their parishioners but, as is always typical with the media, sensationalism sells. Therefore, television comics, pundits, and writers for television series have made Catholic priests and Catholicism "fodder for dark
dramatic scripts, nasty comedy plots and tasteless jokes" (Internet source). He makes a powerful point when he writes: "This is more
than broad religious bigotry. This is specific anti-Catholicism. ... since September 11, 2001, no television dramas have painted Muslims with a broad brush as a religion full of terrorists
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