Opposite Assumptions: The Relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and News Journalism in Ireland
Introduction The relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and news journalism in Ireland has long been problematic.1 Reviewing the nature of the relationship between the Church and Irish journalism in the early 1960s, the Dublin archdiocese’s "public image" committee recorded that ma...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2022
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2022, Volume: 64, Issue: 1, Pages: 110-131 |
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Catholic church
/ Journalism
/ Ireland
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBF British Isles KDB Roman Catholic Church |
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| Summary: | Introduction The relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and news journalism in Ireland has long been problematic.1 Reviewing the nature of the relationship between the Church and Irish journalism in the early 1960s, the Dublin archdiocese’s "public image" committee recorded that many journalists believed that "the Church enjoys a special protection from criticism in the editorial and letter columns of newspapers other than the Irish Times." The report also noted that it was "well known among journalists that certain newspapers have a policy of keeping off issues in which the Church may be involved."2 Three decades later, the prominent journalist Fintan O’Toole declared that the Church and journalism were very much at odds. He noted that "journalism operates on the assumption that almost nothing is known, that everything has to be found out [while] the church operates on the opposite assumption: that everything that matters is known, has... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csaa107 |