Child porn charges against a Pennsylvania priest are yielding
coverage with a different kind of ghost" – the specter of past crimes
illustrated with a literal list in a newspaper. But is such a focus
always warranted? Do journalists use this with the Catholic sins, alone?
After a Faithful Reader brought this up, I looked at the examples sent in. Here's what I saw. The focus is retired Monsignor John S. Mraz, charged with collecting and viewing child porn on two laptops. Two local newspapers do a fine job on the story – to a point.
http://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2016/9/14/how-far-back-should-coverage-go-in-child-porn-cases-two-penn-newspapers-differ
After a Faithful Reader brought this up, I looked at the examples sent in. Here's what I saw. The focus is retired Monsignor John S. Mraz, charged with collecting and viewing child porn on two laptops. Two local newspapers do a fine job on the story – to a point.
http://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2016/9/14/how-far-back-should-coverage-go-in-child-porn-cases-two-penn-newspapers-differ
