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early March, the media had a field day announcing that Pope Benedict
XVI had issued a list of “new sins.” As with many reports on
religion, the new sins articles were slathered with self-satisfied
secular glee. They were also wrong. ... Thankfully the spin
cycle was abbreviated by Wednesday of Holy Week, (March 18th), when the
attention of the media was transfixed by the latest pronouncement from
the elusive Al Qaeda mastermind. His words inspired Matt Drudge
to run an all caps red-letter headline: “Bin Laden Slams Pope.” Certain
members of the press sustained a serious case of whiplash. More than
one must have (secretly) wondered how that purported list of new sins
could have caused bin Laden go ballistic at Benedict. Then came the
transcript of the tape ... [cont]
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