Pope attacks media for 'distorted morals' (praises Internet)

Pope Benedict XVI today said the media were too often used irresponsibly to spread "violence and vulgarity" and impose "distorted models" of social and family life. He urged the world's communicators instead to adopt what he called "info-ethics". In a message for the Roman Catholic Church's World Communications Day, Pope Benedict said the media often sought to create reality rather than report it, with agendas dictated by "the dominant interests" of the day. "This is what happens when communication is used for ideological purposes...

[ouch. ethics lecture from the head of the Catholic church - what's that say...]

www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3245753.ece