The New York Times Proves It Hates Religious Americans With This Obituary
On Wednesday, The New York Times ran an obituary of Thomas Monson, the 90-year-old president of the Mormon church. Here’s what they tweeted:
Thomas Monson, the president of the Mormon church who rebuffed demands to ordain women as priests and refused to alter church opposition to same-sex marriage, died Tuesday at 90 nyti.ms/2CAoRGP
Here’s what they reported about Monson’s life:
Facing vociferous demands to recognize same-sex marriage, and weathering demonstrations at church headquarters by Mormon women pleading for the right to be ordained as priests, Mr. Monson did not bend. Teachings holding homosexuality to be immoral, bans on sexual intercourse outside male-female marriages, and an all-male priesthood would remain unaltered.
The New York Times had no such harsh treatment for Hugh Hefner, about whom they tweeted:
Breaking News: Hugh Hefner has died at 91. He founded Playboy magazine in 1953 and became inseparable from his brand nyti.ms/2hziPg5
Here’s Hugo Chavez:
Updated: President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela has died after a long battle with cancer nyti.ms/166K95D
So it’s much worse, from the Times’ perspective, to be a religious person who abides by religious dictates on female ordination and same-sex marriage than to be a sexual profligate who trafficked in pornography, or to be a socialist dictator who destroyed an entire country. Monson was obviously a monster.
As McKay Coppins of The Atlantic pointed out:
Been trying to figure out all day how the @nytimes justified this framing of the Mormon prophet's obituary. twitter.com/nytimes/status…
The facts are accurate, of course, and it's entirely fair to include them in the piece. But the NYT doesn't usually lead their obituaries for public figures with the things they didn't do when they were alive.
"Hugh Hefner, the Playboy founder who rebuffed demands that he stop publishing a misogynistic pornographic magazine and exploiting young women, died at 91." twitter.com/nytimes/status…
The expectation that Monson would have changed church doctrine is reflected in the Times’ similar puzzlement at Pope Francis’ constant refusal to join the pro-choice, pro-same-sex marriage brigade. But it’s certainly instructive to see where The New York Times puts its focus when someone dies.
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