[Cicero]

The Pope's statements on Iraq were distorted by the liberal press, for obvious purposes. There were one or two cardinals in Rome who made fools of themselves over Iraq, but the Pope's statements were measured and reasonable--and distorted by the media as they often are.

Do you really believe the NY Times and the Washington Post? Or maybe CNN and Newsweak?

[mallardx]

OK, I don't have the transcripts in front of me, so I will accept that I may have been misled. I just remember his statements REALLY chapping my hide over the Iraq War issue, and I hope I'm wrong if I induced that he was seriously anti-Bush and Pro-Hussein...

[ishmac]

The Pope's statements on Iraq were distorted by the liberal press, for obvious purposes.

I thought I knew what media bias was until I became Catholic. I'm tempted to say that when journalists report something about the Pope, they're infallibly wrong. I never put credence in any of the Holy Father's alleged statements until I read them myself at zenit.com, vatican.va or some other reliable source.

[dsutah]

Exactly! It was so strange that the ultra-liberals and so-called anti-war people suddenly took JP11 to their hearts when they could make it seem he was on their side! Otherwise, they're trashing him, and trying to put him out of the UN!

He says something that he intends to be balanced and these people take liberties with it, and either twist what he said, or leave out what is inconvenient for their agendas.