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When it comes to its portrayal of the Catholic Church<\/a>. Really? \u00a0There\u2019s a shock. \u00a0It\u2019s like being surprised that you might find racist publications in the South c. 1920. \u00a0Personally, I can\u2019t speak to whether this means cable\u00a0companies\u00a0should change policies or billing or whatever. \u00a0We can\u2019t afford most cable channels anyway. \u00a0I just find it odd how bigotry laced\u00a0programming\u00a0is now\u00a0prevalent\u00a0at the hand of the very movement that\u00a0once\u00a0decried the horror of such bigotry laced propaganda in the form of Father Knows Best <\/i>or Ozzie and Harriet<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"