EWTN to launch daily news program with ‘Catholic perspective’ in D.C.

[rug]

By Adam Bernstein,
Published: June 2

They’ve long delivered the Good News. And now, simply news.

The Eternal Word Television Network, which, from an unlikely start in the garage of an Alabama monastery, has become one of the world’s biggest religious broadcasting operations, is bulking up its presence in Washington this summer by starting its first evening newscast.

The live, half-hour show, scheduled to start next month, is a major step for the Catholic broadcast company, whose message is typically expressed through devotional talk shows, replays of Mass and religious education programming such as series on the Eucharist or the saints.

By planting a stake in Washington — in an office space near Capitol Hill — EWTN hopes to raise its profile on issues where religion converges with public affairs: abortion, contraception, stem cell research, immigration, the death penalty, terrorism and repression of Christians abroad.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ewtn-to-launch-daily-news-program-with-catholic-perspective-in-dc/2013/06/02/45939b66-bf09-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html

Fox News with a crucifix.

[No Vested Interest]

1. Expect EWTN to be as right-leaning as Fox News.

I imagine Raymond Arroyo will play a large part, a huge turn-off from my perspective.

[Kingofalldems]

2. I have tweeted Arroyo questioning his incredibly biased reporting

while calling it 'news' , but he does not respond.

[No Vested Interest]

3. Point #! - Does he tweet?

#2 - There's no reward for him to respond to your opinion.

He's actually a pundit, and only marginally a "newsman".

If the news show comes to pass, and Arroyo plays a large part in it - that's the time to speak up - in letters to the editor of large newspapers, blogs, etc.

[Kingofalldems]

4. This was on EWTN and I asked him

in the tweet if he or EWTN was aligned with the republican party. I asked if the station was about religion or is it a propaganda arm of the GOP.

[No Vested Interest]

5. Good for you. Keep it up.

EWTN needs to be called on this, frequently and by various viewers.

[No Vested Interest]

6. Colleen Campbell Carroll will host the EWTN evening news,

according to the Washington Post.
She is a former speechwriter for G. W. Bush.
I do not find her as offensive as Arroyo, though she definitely leans to the right.
She's not so in-your-face.

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7. Yes, I've seen her show on EWTN, Faith and Culture, and she definitely leans right.

She does seem more intelligent than Arroyo though and is not as smarmy. At least she doesn't look as goofy as him.

[TommyCelt]

8. CC seems more intelligent...

...and FAR less arrogant than Arroyo. That simpering, constant smile of his makes me want to forget my Franciscan profession and throw a glass at the screen.

[No Vested Interest]

9. Agree- I can tolerate hearing Colleen's views more easily

even though I may disagree.