gimme a break
By Diogenes ( articles ) | May 03, 2010
"Pope takes break from scandal, visits Turin Shroud," read the AP headline, which was dutifully passed along by dozens of newspapers. The headline conjures up the image of a weary Pontiff pushing himself away from a desk cluttered with dossiers of abusive priests, rushing off to Turin just to get away from it all.
But wait. The standard criticism-- conveyed in countless AP reports-- is that Pope Benedict isn't paying enough attention to the sex-abuse scandal-- that he hasn't devoted all his public statements to the issue, even as the media keep churning out reports.
Maybe the headline should read:
AP takes break from scandal, pays attention to papal visit to Turin Shroud
As it stands the headline suggests that the Pope is almost obsessed with the sex-abuse issue. Well, somebody is.
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