tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536854065433425156.post4940740980957123433..comments2023-11-02T01:20:32.436-07:00Comments on The Forbidden Gospels: DeConick has become a man according to the National Catholic RegisterApril DeConickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06616757055618151612noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536854065433425156.post-47544386836707719272008-02-23T10:51:00.000-08:002008-02-23T10:51:00.000-08:00The National Catholic Register article can also be...The National Catholic Register article can also be found archived in its original form (i.e., <I>with </I>the expunged masculine DeConick paragraph) at the following websites:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.catholic.net/us_catholic_news/template_article.phtml?channel_id=1&article_id=6363" REL="nofollow"> US Catholic News/catholic.net</A><BR/><A HREF="http://brownpelicanla.com/index.php/all/2008/02/13/editorial_the_media_of_relativism" REL="nofollow">The Brown Pelican Society</A>aesthetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912427461479987154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536854065433425156.post-40245837178476351952008-02-19T15:22:00.000-08:002008-02-19T15:22:00.000-08:00The National Catholic Register removed the paragra...The <I>National Catholic Register</I> removed the paragraph in question after I wrote a letter to the editor remarking on the error--but they quietly removed the paragraph without issuing a retraction, correction, or apology (it almost goes without saying that they didn't publish my letter to the editor, either). As it stands, anyone looking at the article online would never know the paragraph had ever been in the article. (It's possible that the paragraph made it to a print version of the paper, but I wouldn't know. If anyone has seen it, let us know.) If you'd like to see the full article, for the time being you can find a copy of it at the following blog:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://thefredmartinezreport.blogspot.com/2008/02/media-of-relativism.html" REL="nofollow">The Fred Martinez Report</A><BR/><BR/>The <I>National Catholic Register</I> piece took a lot of its content from an earlier piece (INFO-ETHICS FOR A CONNECTED WORLD: Benedict XVI on Media Responsibility) by Father John Flynn, and almost the same paragraph (including April D. DeConick as a "he") can be found in his piece:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.zenit.org/article-21733?l=english" REL="nofollow">ZENIT (news service)</A><BR/><BR/>The passage in Father Flynn's piece (which--as of this posting--has not been expunged) reads:<BR/><BR/>"<I>Print media is not exempt from problems, and an egregious case of inaccuracy came with the so-called 'Gospel of Judas Iscariot,' which in 2006 National Geographic announced it had discovered. A recent article reviewed the many errors made by National Geographic its rush to make headline news.</I><BR/><BR/>"<I>April D. DeConick, in an editorial-page commentary published Dec. 1 in the New York Times, described how he re-translated the Coptic text, finding many errors, including choices of translation made by National Geographic scholars that 'fall well outside the commonly accepted practices.</I>'"<BR/><BR/>I did write the <I>National Catholic Register</I>, asking that they post a correction, but have not as yet heard back from the editors.<BR/><BR/>Assistant Professor Emmeraesthetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912427461479987154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536854065433425156.post-44809164313832704022008-02-19T14:43:00.000-08:002008-02-19T14:43:00.000-08:00This is truly bizarre. I'm used to people talking...This is truly bizarre. I'm used to people talking about generic clergy and professors as "he" but for someone in the English speaking world to assume that someone called "April" is male is simply because that person has the title "Professor" is quite, quite odd!<BR/><BR/>I think the link might be to the wrong article, though, because I couldn't find the quoted section in it.Judy Redmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04350638846246966802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536854065433425156.post-91843940142303647762008-02-19T10:51:00.000-08:002008-02-19T10:51:00.000-08:00I couldn't help but note the irony that they are c...I couldn't help but note the irony that they are criticizing the unreliablity of print media.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I am thoroughly enjoying the daily apocryphote. Thanks so much!David Creechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09480313754533255555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6536854065433425156.post-21164429656302636362008-02-19T09:11:00.000-08:002008-02-19T09:11:00.000-08:00I never would have thought that you're a (theologi...I never would have thought that you're a (theologically) conservative man! Thanks are certainly in order to the NCR for giving us all the skinny on the <I>real truth</I> behind "April" DeConick. ;-)Esteban Vázquezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738869673774603152noreply@blogger.com