Silly Season securlarist

It's the silly season and I have been retreating from the media. Even daft texters on Newstalk are failing to impress. But it took some effort to resist writing to the Irish Times when Breda O Brien went criticising the BBC's coverage of the death of Brother Roger of Taize. (I have at least 6 weeks of letter writing sobriety, and my sponsor in Letter Writers Anonymous is impressed).

"When the fatal stabbing of Brother Roger of Taizé by a mentally disturbed Romanian woman was announced on RTÉ radio late last Tuesday, it was striking to see how few other media outlets had the story. An internet search of Reuters, Associated Press and even the BBC revealed nothing, although the Australian Associated Press was covering it, writes Breda O'Brien." IT 20-08-05

Oh Breda! Actually I was perusing google news that day and there was a link to a fine BBC story about the tragic events of last week, which has been since updated with tributes from the public. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4158886.stm
I think Breda wants to perpetuate some silly prejudiced notion about the liberal - secular media. Then at the weekend the world service had an extended piece on Taize. It brought it all back, the soporific latin anthems in the youth mass in St Kevin's oratory, ( a great place to meet girls). So, no media conspiracy against religion there at all actually Breda. In fact, thanks to liberal ideas we get to hear about religions of all types and switch off if not interested.

Also in the article, Brother Roger is compared to Paris Hilton. Mmmm, there were no girls like that at St. Kevins Oratory...

posted by Daniel @ Thursday, August 25, 2005