UK: Mgr Arnold (Bishops’ Conference), “pursuit of truth shouldn’t be mixed with personal agendas and attacks”

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Journalists can use their influence to help create a culture of hope by seeking the truth in a fair and balanced way, that avoids aggression and division. This is, in a nutshell, the message that Mgr John Arnold, Lead Bishop for Communications for the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, issued to mark the World Day of Social Communications. In his address to journalists after his election, Pope Leo “was clearly critical of those who would want to lead us astray by the aggressiveness and misinformation of the language they use, but praised those who were able to use language to present the truth in a reasoned way”, “a way which isn’t divisive or aggressive, but is helpful to us when we’re trying to build that sense of unity and peace, which is so important”, Bishop Arnold wrote. “The pursuit of truth and asking probing questions is a vital part of journalism”, but “it shouldn’t be mixed with personal agendas and attacks”. “There can be a peaceful way in which there can be questions and answers being reported as clearly as possible, but without aiming any complaint or criticism at the speaker, but presenting what they’ve said, while also being able to contradict or balance what they’ve said with other information from other people in places so that we find ourselves with a much more balanced picture”, Bishop Arnold concluded.

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