http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24617/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/hours-john-paul-iis-canonization-networks-hype-priest-sex-abuse-scandal <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/matthew-balan">Matthew Balan</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><img src="http://www.mrc.org/sites/default/files/images/2014-04-27-CBS-JohnPaulII_large.JPG" style="width: 240px; height: 134px; float: right; margin: 1px;" />ABC, CBS, and NBC spotlighted the issue of child sex abuse by priests on their Saturday morning and evening newscasts – twenty-four hours or less before the Catholic Church canonized Popes John XXIII and John Paul II.</p><div class='signature'><p>— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MatthewJLB" target="_blank">Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/hours-john-paul-iis-canonization-networks-hype-priest-sex-abuse-scandal" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division abc Allen Pizzey Anne Thompson Barbara Blaine Catholic Church cbs CBS Evening News CBS This Morning Donald Wuerl Good Morning America John Thavis Kathleen Sprows Cummings NBC NBC Nightly News Pope John Paul II Pope John XXIII Terry Moran Today World News Tue, 29 Apr 2014 00:25:54 +0000 matthew.balan 46110 at http://archive2.mrc.org