{"id":8570,"date":"2012-05-24T10:30:51","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T15:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=8570"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:55:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:55:32","slug":"props-to-pbs-who-did-discuss-the-lawsuit-while-the-other-networks-slept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2012\/05\/props-to-pbs-who-did-discuss-the-lawsuit-while-the-other-networks-slept.html","title":{"rendered":"Props to PBS, Who Did Discuss the Lawsuit, While the Other Networks Slept"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Joanne McPortland<\/a> tipped me off about this in the combox of the post I wrote about the crickets chirping<\/a> on the other major networks following the biggest religious lawsuit ever. Kudos to PBS, who I lauded last time for hosting\u00a0 Fr. Robert Barron\u2019s Catholicism series<\/a> as well. In the clip below, host Gwen Iffel queries Wall Street Journal reporter Janet Adamy about the news that the other networks (honorable mention, though, to CBS News<\/a>) failed to provide to the public. Give it a look,<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>A creditable job, and\u00a0lookee there! No cheesy graphics of birth-control pill packages, and stuff. \u00a0Our tax dollars at work. It takes a lot to get the word out, that this fight is about religious freedom, not contraceptives, \u00a0and it will be up to us to do it. As you recall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2012\/05\/because-the-modern-phase-has-arrived.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">the stakes are very high.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joanne McPortland tipped me off about this in the combox of the post I wrote about the crickets chirping on the other major networks following the biggest religious lawsuit ever. Kudos to PBS, who I lauded last time for hosting\u00a0Fr. Robert Barron\u2019s Catholicism series as well. 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