While watching and reading the latest news on the upcoming papal conclave, I've noticed that the major American news outlets (AP, Reuters, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC) all seem to go to the most progressive-minded "catholics" for their perspectives on the next Pope.
Most of them come from ultra-progressive rags such as the National Catholic Reporter, The Tablet, America magazine, Commonweal magazine, etc.
I would find it hard to believe that the same news outlets would look for opinions on the U.S. presidential election from the likes of Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, or Vladimir Putin.
These so-called "catholic" publications tend to employ numerous public dissenters, such as Richard McBrien, Thomas Reese, Joan Chittister, etc.
It seems that FoxNews is alone in it's object coverage, preferring to focus on the positive aspects of the papal election, and not descend into muckraking and partisan religious politics.
