Isn't it time someone spoke up for George Pell? I have never met him
and have no ambition to do so. He seems to lack what you might call
warmth; he comes across as remote, patrician, above the ordinary herd.
But you could say the same about many academics or judges or public
figures and it is hardly a reason to excuse the poor press that he gets.
In fact, the strident common tone of the media treatment of Pell should be a signal to people to wonder whether we are being manipulated. When all public commentary seems to agree on something, it is a duty of those who do not take their opinions from the media or from shock jocks to raise a small squeal of protest.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/cardinal-george-pell-more-sinned-against-than-sinning-20160223-gn17bb.html
In fact, the strident common tone of the media treatment of Pell should be a signal to people to wonder whether we are being manipulated. When all public commentary seems to agree on something, it is a duty of those who do not take their opinions from the media or from shock jocks to raise a small squeal of protest.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/cardinal-george-pell-more-sinned-against-than-sinning-20160223-gn17bb.html