The Press: April 2005 Archives

Stereotyped reactions to Pope Benedict's election are pouring in from the usual suspects:

Reuters: "Arch-Conservative German Elected Pope"

The two writers are obviously stunned; otherwise, they wouldn't be writing nonsense like this:

He was expected to take a tough line against reformist trends in Europe and North America. In a Good Friday Mass this year he said: "How much filth there is in the Church, even among those who, in the priesthood, should belong entirely to Him."

Apparently some people actually want moral and spiritual corruption! For these two Reuters dopes, they constitute "reformist trends"!

The Political Teen has video of Pete's appearance on MSNBC Monday afternoon. Good job!

Good Heavens. The media are on to us!

Not only did AOL link to this blog the other day, but some kind folks at MSNBC dropped us an e-mail invitation, since they like to invite bloggers onto Monica Crowley's show to comment on the news.

We don't know yet whether that's going to actually happen, but if it does, you may see Pete Vere on that cable channel at about 12:30 p.m. Monday. Now, he probably won't have his Alhambra fez on, so just keep an eye out for someone who looks Canadian.