Yet no one I know could tell me today whether his personal politics leaned left or right. He was with us as the nation held its breath in 1969 while Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, and he navigated a long cold war with the Soviet Empire. From our living rooms, he navigated the Civil Rights movement and the war in Vietnam. Walter Cronkite guided us through the assassinations of John F. I grew up with him on my TV screen from the age of nine to almost twenty-nine. He was the longtime anchor of CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. I very much miss Walter Cronkite, the most trusted broadcast journalist of the 20th Century. We will be reassessing our use of social media, so if you have suggestions, please let us know. Today, it seems, that the media of the “Free” World cannot abide such a story. I can no longer share my posts among the fifteen or so established Catholic groups and News groups such as Catholic News Agency on Facebook. For unknown reasons, Facebook did not want Catholic groups to see that post. It was all a fraud, and after many months in prison all but six were exonerated, and even several of them were falsely accused. Eighty years ago the government of Germany launched a moral panic accusing and arresting without evidence, 300 Catholic priests on trumped up sexual abuse charges. This time I shared it on Facebook’s Catholic groups which should have a particular interest in its subject matter. I actually wrote that post several years ago, and shared it then on Facebook with no problem. This is because your account, or activity on it, doesn’t follow our Community Standards.” The offending post, which Facebook disabled based solely on the title and introductory quote was “ Catholic Scandal and the Third Reich: The Rise and Fall of a Moral Panic.” This is the message I received from Facebook: “Your Facebook account has been disabled. As I began this post on Mamy account on Facebook was disabled and taken down. However, the Free World has a media problem of its own. While Russia invaded Ukraine with its nuclear arsenal on high alert, the White House and media were compromised by partisan secrets and selective reporting.Ī lot of media angst and ink have been spilled over the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin has silenced Russian media to keep his own citizens from witnessing the horror he has inflicted upon the people of Ukraine.
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