AFP (Appeasenik Frog Press): "Benedict Blunder Shows He Has Failed to Master Media Machine"

(Hat tip: Relapsed Catholic)

AFP (aka Appeasenik Frog Press) marvels that the Holy Father would rather teach Catholic Truth than engage in politically-correct spin:

By unwittingly angering Muslims with his comments on Islam, Pope Benedict XVI has shown that he has yet to shake off his academic theological roots and master the global media machine with the same deftness as his predecessor.

In clinging to theology and orthodoxy, the bookish Benedict has shown little regard for media management in getting his message across, unlike the communications-savvy John Paul II.

Benedict railed Muslims when he quoted a 14th-century Christian emperor who said the Prophet Mohammed had brought the world only "evil and inhuman" things, portraying the Islam he founded as a religion which endorses violence, where faith is "spread by the sword".

Not for the first time in the 17-month-old pontificate, the Vatican has been forced to backtrack with a statement aimed at smoothing ruffled diplomatic feathers.

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My Comments:
How dare the Catholic Pope "cling to theology and orthodoxy"?

Maybe Appeasenik Frog Press should be asking Islamics how dare they cling to violence and jihad while proclaiming that theirs is a Religion of Peace®.

Hell, I'm sure the Arabists at Foggy Bottom will also, at some point, issue a statement condemning the Pope's comments about their precious Religion of Peace®.