The Pope tells Muslims people must be allowed to choose their faith!

[Christians4LessGvt]

When the Pope talks about things liberals can adopt, they're on top of it....it's all over the news.
When he says something like this, the press basically ignores it.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/barbara-hollingsworth/pope-muslims-people-have-freedom-choose-religion-one-judges-be

[Xavier_Onassis]

I agree that everyone, everywhere has a right to choose whatever religion they wish or none at all and nor be punished, fined or persecuted for doing so.

If this had been "basically ignored", then how did you find out about it?

[Christians4LessGvt]

If this had been "basically ignored", then how did you find out about it?

It's called "lots of coverage" vs "minimal coverage".
There is a difference in the two.

[sirs]

Kinda like Bridgegate vs IRS

[Xavier_Onassis]

Again, you can't say that it was hidden if you heard about it.

[Plane]

It is a matter of volume.

There are editors and owners that can turn the knob to eleven when the news seems more salable or more in line with their prejudices.

So the news is a picture of the world through a colored lenz both more bloody and more liberal leaning than the real world.

It is like having someone with thick cataracts adjust the color on a TV, he will turn up the volume on the red.

[Plane]

“May no one abuse the name of God through violence!” Pope Francis told the Muslim religious leaders.

Excellent.

In many Muslim pulpits , everything the west does is called a "Crusade" as if the Pope ran our side of the world , as if the pope has been the same guy since A.D. 800.


I would like to see if this one is on Al Jazeera.

[Plane]

http://www.onislam.net/english/news/middle-east/472917-pope-visits-dome-of-the-rock-mosque.html

Good article for including the facts, little slant.

http://www.onislam.net/english/news/global/434946.html

More facts , and more slant.

Oh ! there it is!
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/05/pope-ends-holy-land-tour-with-call-peace-2014526161252319874.html


Somehow Google did not put this one on the front.
That makes a lot of difference, but it is supposed to be an automatic process and not subject to much prejudice.

Perhaps most people don't learn their news about the Pope from Al-Jazeera?

[sirs]

Again, you can't say that it was hidden if you heard about it.

No one is saying it was hidden....I'm echoing what Cu4 and Plane are trying to educate you on....the amount of coverage a topic is given, by the MSM.  If its damaging to Democrats or leftist causes its minimized, and placed on page 24, lower left hand corner, and rarely repeated.  If its damaging to Republicans and/or conservative causes, its 24/7 wall to wall, page 1 news.....for weeks

[Plane]

What is both nice and terrible about Google is that it allows one to tailor and edit ones own information gathering.

Whatever I think is important I am enabled to investigate.

Whatever I dismiss as unimportant , can develop in my ignorance.

There is still a social role and use for editors and owners to steer this giant gossip chain, but do they do it well?

[Xavier_Onassis]

In many Muslim pulpits , everything the west does is called a "Crusade" as if the Pope ran our side of the world , as if the pope has been the same guy since A.D. 800.

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Really, Plane, E V E R Y T H I N G ?

I doubt this.

The Pope does not run any political campaigns.

[Plane]

I said many, not all, Muslim pulpits.

But yes , there isn't any problem that cannot be blamed on Crusading , with just a little imagination, you think this phenominon would be hard to find on the Internet ?

[Xavier_Onassis]

All sorts of bogus conspiracy theories are available on the Internet. Availability does not make them true.

[sirs]

You mean like the couldn't be made vaguer, Vast Right Wing Conspiracy?

[Xavier_Onassis]

That is not vague at all.

It is obvious what this conspiracy is, who funds it, and who has been hired to carry it out.