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1/10/2003 10:09:00 PM | Timothy Some Fringe Website? Alex Talcott on dartlog has this complaint about a NYT column: I can't believe the Times ran this Even for the NYT, this is pretty bad. One gem: "'The only absolutely guaranteed, permanent contraception is castration,' one Catholic site suggests helpfully. Hmmmm. You first." This is so obviously fringe that it's irresponsible to include in a position piece, especially as early as paragraph four, as if it's a significant part of Kristof's argument (emphasis added). Well, I thought the site was probably a fringe outfit, but as I looked at the site I'm not so sure. I think this says more about Mr. Talcott's ability to see bias in everything the New York Times prints (though I'm not a big fan of the columnist in question, Nicholas Kristof). The quotation in the NYT column comes from catholic.net. They claim to have been endorsed by the Vatican: "This [CICI] is Very, Very Great !!" said Pope John Paul II at the demonstration of the Catholic Information Center on Internet on October 7, 1995 by James S. Mulholland, Jr., Founder and President of CICI. The fact that the Pope endorsed the site is also confirmed by a nexis search. For more info on Catholic.net check out here. The website Kristof refers to is hardly the fringe group I thought it would be. It has some slickly designed webpages too! Also, this website says that Catholic.net was founded by a group not originally prominent within Catholic press, but that: Catholic.net was launched with Vatican endorsement in 1995, and recently joined Catholic Twin Circle Publishing Group, initiating a Spanish site as well. perma link |
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