"we might well have hit upon a crux of the problem." - We see what you did there. :)
With the Allen piece, you reminded me of Cdl. O'Malley [see recent story] here, saying very strong things with surprising gentleness. Allen's reputation for being well-sourced is renown, and his statements about not burning sources public, so I would tend…
"we might well have hit upon a crux of the problem." - We see what you did there. :)
With the Allen piece, you reminded me of Cdl. O'Malley [see recent story] here, saying very strong things with surprising gentleness. Allen's reputation for being well-sourced is renown, and his statements about not burning sources public, so I would tend to agree with your take that he is carrying water for Perra et al, probably trying to stay on the right side of them as sources. But the mortal sin here is passing off editorializing (for someone else!) as news journalism. (Terry Mattingly, call your office.)
I have come to believe John L. Allen Jr. is the Neil DeGrasse Tyson of catholic journalists. This can be interpreted in both a positive way, and in a negative way. Both are intended.
"we might well have hit upon a crux of the problem." - We see what you did there. :)
With the Allen piece, you reminded me of Cdl. O'Malley [see recent story] here, saying very strong things with surprising gentleness. Allen's reputation for being well-sourced is renown, and his statements about not burning sources public, so I would tend to agree with your take that he is carrying water for Perra et al, probably trying to stay on the right side of them as sources. But the mortal sin here is passing off editorializing (for someone else!) as news journalism. (Terry Mattingly, call your office.)
I have come to believe John L. Allen Jr. is the Neil DeGrasse Tyson of catholic journalists. This can be interpreted in both a positive way, and in a negative way. Both are intended.