I think we have to openly confront the fact that the National Catholic Reporter and the National Catholic Register/EWTN, say, present very different views of Catholicism---and that's OK. But when we start reading words like "heresy," "sinful," "un-Catholic," "dissent from truth," schisms;" etc. we must be discerning consumers of Church news and information. When a medium--on the Right or on the Left--claims to present the "authentic" voice and voices of the Church when it very selectively, very obviously, and very consistently reflects only the voice and voices of assent to their views, the sins of pride and hubris are unavoidable and quite apparent.

To me, there is a wider gap between the NCRs than between Fox News and MSNBC. I would love to see a doctoral dissertation analyzing the advocacy and dissent journalism as practiced by each and both. There clearly are "opposing camps" in Catholic journalism source/subject selection; just look at the topics and authors of daily blogs.