{"id":27845,"date":"2015-04-29T20:44:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T03:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=27845"},"modified":"2015-04-29T23:02:21","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T06:02:21","slug":"not-news-on-fox-news-pope-francis-calls-malefemale-pay-disparity-a-pure-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=27845","title":{"rendered":"Not News On Fox News: Pope Francis Calls Male\/Female Pay Disparity A ‘Pure Scandal’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The bias in journalism is as much evident in what news editors chose to report as it is in what they chose not to report or in how they slant stories that make it to the air. Therefore, by recognizing the omissions of news enterprises you can identify their biases.<\/p>\n

This is particularly true when a media outlet fails to cover a story that would ordinarily be of interest to it. For instance, Fox News is a devoutly religious news organization. They are not shy about expressing their faith personally or in relation to a news item they are covering. Most of their anchors are avowed Catholics<\/a>, and the inclusion of Christian themes in their reporting is routine. They have a Catholic priest on the payroll as a regular contributor (Father Jonathan Morris), and their Todd Starnes is an aggressive advocate for evangelical causes and a critic of perceived, imagined, and fabricated<\/a> slights.<\/p>\n

So it should come as no surprise that Fox News has failed to report on the views expressed today by Pope Francis. In his regular “catechetical reflection,”<\/em> the Pope came out squarely in favor of equal pay for equal work, a social reform that has long been a goal of the feminist movement. This is not, however, a reform that is favored by business interests, Republicans, and consequently, Fox News. As a result, they shut out of the news cycle the Pope’s message<\/a> that…<\/p>\n

“…as Christians, we must become more demanding in this regard […] supporting with decision the right to equal retribution for equal work; disparity is a pure scandal.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The last thing that Fox News and other right-wing media outlets want is to advertise that the head of the Catholic Church agrees with feminists and Democrats on the issue of fair pay. That would only extend the list of issues on which the Pope has taken sides with liberals, including the judgement of gays, Climate Change, economic inequality<\/a>, and health care, to name a few.<\/p>\n

The fact is that many right-wingers have already given up on this Pope calling him ignorant, delusional, leftist, Marxist, etc. Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck, are among those who have explicitly denounced him. And in an act of utter absurdity, the Republican House balked at honoring the Pope because he “sound[s] like Obama.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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No really, it’s true<\/a>. GOP House Speaker John Boehner refused to even bring up the resolution for a vote, so it died in committee. That’s how severe the epidemic of Obama Derangement Syndrome is. And it isn’t getting better any time soon. After Obama leaves the White House its next occupant could be Hillary Clinton. Should that occur, look for the Republican Party to cut the salary of the President by thirteen percent.<\/p>\n

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