NY Times, Boston Globe and THEIR “Zero Tolerance” rule

WDTPRS ^ | 07/22/10 | Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

[Brian Kopp DPM]

22 July 2010

NY Times, Boston Globe and THEIR “Zero Tolerance” rule

CATEGORY: Biased Media Coverage — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf @ 12:32 pm

From The Catholic League with my emphases and comments:

BOSTON GLOBE & NYT LACK "ZERO TOLERANCE" RULE

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows:

Yesterday, a Boston Globe editorial unfavorably compared the Vatican to the American bishops, saying that "Until the church adopts a zero-tolerance policy, justice cannot be served…."

On July 9 and July 17, the New York Times, which owns the Globe, ran editorials voicing the same criticism. The Times editorial of July 17 correctly notes that such a policy means "requiring secular authorities to be alerted from the beginning." Interestingly, neither newspaper has such a policy of its own.

Section IV of the New York Times Business Ethics Policy (which also governs the Globe), says, "Any employee who becomes aware of any conduct that he or she believes to be prohibited by this Policy or a violation of the law," is expected to "promptly report the facts" to "any supervisor or the legal department." (My italics.) It says nothing about contacting the authorities. [Say it ain’t so!] Moreover, their policy says that if an employee has been found guilty, "appropriate and corrective action up to and including termination" will take place. Even then it says nothing about contacting the authorities!  [ShaZAM!]

Yesterday, we contacted three persons on four different occasions who work in the Boston Globe’s Human Resources Department about this issue. No one responded.

This settles the issue.

The New York Times and the Boston Globe find it unwise to adopt the same policy regarding employee misconduct—including instances where the law is broken—that it condemns the Catholic Church for not adopting worldwide.

So if a priest is alleged to have groped a parishioner, the cops must be called. But even after an internal probe reveals that an employee at the Times or Globe is guilty of the same offense, the cops should not be summoned. The hypocrisy is vile.

Contact the editorial page editors, Andrew Rosenthal at the Times and Peter Canellos at the Globe: andyr@nytimes.com and canellos@globe.com

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[massmike]

save for later

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[RexBeach]

I see. We’re supposed to take the advice of these socialists?

Gee, what a deal for us and the pope.

They’re going out of business because of their lousy standards. What in the world do they know?

[a fool in paradise]

Section IV of the New York Times Business Ethics Policy (which also governs the Globe), says, "Any employee who becomes aware of any conduct that he or she believes to be prohibited by this Policy or a violation of the law," is expected to "promptly report the facts" to "any supervisor or the legal department." (My italics.) It says nothing about contacting the authorities. [Say it ain’t so!] Moreover, their policy says that if an employee has been found guilty, "appropriate and corrective action up to and including termination" will take place. Even then it says nothing about contacting the authorities!

When they are unethical (like making up witnesses and quotes or running discredited porn site images as evidence of US troops "raping" Iraqi prisoners), they don't even want to notify their readers they've been had.

[massmike]

That's why I read The Boston Herald!

...although I do wish they'd send Margery Eagan and Peter Gelzinis to the Globe...where they belong!

[TSgt]

Perhaps Fr. John Zuhlsdorf could learn context?

I’ve not read any stories about a major child rape problem at the Boston Globe or New York Times.

The Boston Globe or New York Times does not portend to the the “Universal Church” or a moral authority.

The Boston Globe or New York Times hasn’t settled billions in lawsuits for said child rape.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I’ve not read any stories about a major child rape problem at the Boston Globe or New York Times. The Boston Globe or New York Times does not portend to the the “Universal Church” or a moral authority. The Boston Globe or New York Times hasn’t settled billions in lawsuits for said child rape.

Amen!

When you have no defense, go on the offense.

[Quix]

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[Dr. Eckleburg]

It says nothing about contacting the authorities.

If this is their only defense, they're cooked. Because nowhere in this NYT directive does it say NOT to contact the police or to maintain a veil of absolute secrecy from EVERYONE, both of which are specifically outlined in papal instructions regarding sexual assault by priests.

So there's no comparison.

[count-your-change]

Hypocrisy in a newspaper? who would have guessed? Now that means the Boston Globe should not have written about the 150 plus molesting priests in the Boston diocese and their enablers?

[Quix]

INDEED.

LOL.

KLUNK

[cothrige]

If this is their only defense, they're cooked. Because nowhere in this NYT directive does it say NOT to contact the police or to maintain a veil of absolute secrecy from EVERYONE, both of which are specifically outlined in papal instructions regarding sexual assault by priests

Could you please quote and reference these alleged instructions requiring this "veil of absolute secrecy" which you say are "sepcifically outlined"? I for one would be very interested in seeing them.

[cothrige]

The local diocese investigates every allegation of sexual abuse of a minor by a cleric.

If the allegation has a semblance of truth the case is referred to the CDF. The local bishop transmits all the necessary information to the CDF and expresses his opinion on the procedures to be followed and the measures to be adopted in the short and long term.

Civil law concerning reporting of crimes to the appropriate authorities should always be followed.

Guide to Understanding Basic CDF Procedures concerning Sexual Abuse Allegations

[cothrige]

My apologies for the above post being directed to you. I clicked the wrong link.

[count-your-change]

No problem, I’ll take a look at it so your click wasn’t wasted!

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Read Ratzinger’s letter to the bishops which, among other things, affirms Crimen Sollicitationis.

I’ve posted both a dozen times. You shouldn’t have trouble find them online.

[vladimir998]

cothrige,

Dr. E. made a couple of claims about Crimen Sollicitationis which she was never able to substantiate in the least. At one point she was making a claim that clearly showed she could not have understood what the document actually said. She misunderstood the word “prescription” which, incredibly, show took to mean an “oath of secrecy.” Actually it is more of a statute of limitations than anything else. It is not an oath of secrecy at all. I pressed her on this for days and days in more than one thread.

See, for instance, posts 8 and 12 in this thread. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2491835/posts

Then check post 70, 71, 80, 81, 87, 93, and you’ll see how dishonest an anti-Catholic can be.

[vladimir998]

And here Dr. E was shown to be wrong AGAIN on the same document. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2545636/posts?q=1&;page=101

and here - in yet another thread - Frogjerk nailed her simply:

“Crimen Sollicitationis has to do with solicitations in the confessional.
You have already tried this rediculous argument on other threads and failed.”
http://209.157.64.200/focus/news/2516707/posts

And in this thread too, on yet again, the SAME DOCUMENT, Dr. E. was shown to wrong:

http://209.157.64.200/focus/religion/2476816/posts?page=106

When an anti-Catholic repeats the same false information or distortions over and over and over again - no matter how many times corrected by those who clearly get the document right - what does that tell us about the anti-Catholic’s honesty or integrity?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I wasn’t “shown to be wrong.”

Anyone reading the threads knows what’s going on...anyone except those who have an agenda of “absolute secrecy.”

Stop defending the indefensible and come into the light.