EWTN's voice is powerful, partisan and problematic

EWTN's voice is powerful, partisan and problematic
The problem with EWTN is that people cover them as if they were the official Catholic view, rather than fringe. They represent an older demographic as many younger Catholics avoid carrying on the faith until the time their children are baptized until they are confirmed way too late. With the departure of the Nuns, we have more Nones because Catholic schools are either a charter school for non-Catholics in the inner-city or an elite system for wealthier Catholics who don't like hearing about the evils of capitalism. The problem of elderly Catholics who watch both Fox News and EWTN is generational and that generation is dying off.

The bigger problem is that many bishops, especially in the Midwest, have latched onto Trump too because they like their power within the pro-life movement and the hope that a Republican President will one day overturn Roe. Since that would involve getting rid of every civil rights decision from Hernandez v. Texas to Perry v. Schwarzenegger, no federal Court will ever go there, although the USCCB and their staff wishes they would. Bush 43 and Trump 45 have appointed four justices, all of whom voted to sustain the overturn of civil rights protections for Down's and Female children in Indiana v. Planned Parenthood. The case was decided from the Bench (per curium) without hearing. If Down's children can't get a day in Court, Alabama certainly will not.

The biggest problem is that no one on the left or the right will cover anyone else, even if they speak the truth, because the truth is not as sexy as a Sexist President or Ray Arroyo. The same is true of economic coverage. In reality, the current recovery comes from continued higher rates on the top income at 37% (although dividends and capital gains are down to 20%), which keep more money out of the markets and the huge deficits negotiated by spending deals between Pelosi and McConnell that drove excess capital into Treasury Bonds rather than the stock market. Such spending increases Gross Domestic Product, not tax cuts for the rich. That fact is harder to explain, so it does not get covered.

There is no alternative because no one gives it ink. There is a mass of Republicans that loath Donald Trump, but loath losing more. All it takes is covering on brave voice, even if that voice is not yet funded. Four more years anyone?