As Twitchy reported earlier Tuesday, The New York Times served up a God-awful take on the Catholic Church’s pedophilia scandal; apparently, they decided this was a case of conservatives pouncing on a liberal pope.
An ideologically motivated opposition has weaponized the church's sex abuse crisis to threaten not only Francis' agenda but his entire papacy https://t.co/vksRUayIPN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 28, 2018
“The battle now is fueled by … conservative anger” … over child sexual abuse and the subsequent coverup? Yes, guilty as charged; conservatives are angry.
Not to be outdone, Reuters served up its own steaming hot “conservatives pounce” take:
Defenders rally around pope, fear conservatives escalating war https://t.co/ocX9LSdFmL pic.twitter.com/TFOdNwcEOc
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) August 28, 2018
"Conservative pounce"
— All these changes & still no edit button. Guh. (@daganash) August 28, 2018
So the media template on mass sexual abuse and coverups is set, and it’s “Conservatives Pounce!”https://t.co/OXRJIrUedv
— Will Collier (@willcollier) August 28, 2018
Those damn conservatives just oppose everything!
— Don't Start (@nivlag2018) August 28, 2018
Those evil conservatives trying to root child sex abuse out of the Church. How dare they!
— Austin Dam (@AustinDam) August 28, 2018
When will these conservatives cease making war on [checks notes] a giant sex-crime cover-up? https://t.co/uKPVeODZRF
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) August 28, 2018
Oh man, news editors sure love to use the word "conservatives" when talking about this story. I'd never thought I'd see the media rally around a pope accused of covering up child sexual abuse. Washing the feet of Spotted Owls clearly made an impact on them. https://t.co/qeeXqQEHWQ
— neontaster (@neontaster) August 28, 2018
Those damn ideological conservatives and their hell-bent opposition to…child sex abuse? Get the hell out of here with this. https://t.co/tCo2kujzDy
— James Hasson (@JamesHasson20) August 28, 2018
Darn those conservatives starting a war over the biggest sex abuse scandal the church has ever seen https://t.co/Sb93EodGxd
— GreggyBooBoo (@GreggyBooBoo) August 28, 2018
Yeah, how dare those pesky conservatives get so worked up over a little pedophilia. https://t.co/Xpb9F5qilm
— Ryan Molnar (@Ryan_Molnar) August 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/marylanestrow/status/1034575508409745408
Yeah, b/c serious & corroborated accusations of foreknowledge of child sex abuse, reassigning & promoting predator priests, coverups & ensuing lies of all of this to protect these evil men are “conservatives escalating war.” FOH
— St. Antonio of the Desert (@LoneStarTexian) August 28, 2018
Covering up rampant sex crimes is okay by you as long as he speaks out on climate change, right guys?
— What a Stupid Time to be A Shark (@mrd125) August 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/TheLaw36/status/1034577715284901888
Notice the secular press puts everything in this scandal as "conservative escalate war" or "attack Pope" or "pounce" or "what are the real motives". We want accountability for f***ing pederasts and if you think that's somehow pouncing, you can go to hell with them. https://t.co/677cDN5oJz
— Smokin Monkey (@ARaised_Eyebrow) August 28, 2018
People say conservatives are too distrustful of the media, and that can be true.
Then there's the media attacking cons to cover-up a sex scandal with 1000s of victims because the Pope who allegedly enabled it is gonna tackle climate change or something. This is disgusting. pic.twitter.com/BkqGe56Wtq
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) August 28, 2018
Defending rampant child molestation to own the cons? Seems like a winner.
— zone of danger (@mr_bovine_jonie) August 28, 2018
Related:
'HOLY SH*T'! NYT rightfully SLAMMED for this GOD-AWFUL take on Catholic sex abuse scandal https://t.co/oPRszZpoA6
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 28, 2018