Catholics around the country, including many in the media, came to work on Wednesday with ash crosses imprinted on their foreheads. It's a reminder of the sorrow and repentance they have for the sins they committed over the last year as they prepare for Easter and the resurrection of Christ.
Breitbart reports that President Donald Trump made a proclamation on Ash Wednesday recognizing Christians from the U.S. and around the world. However, the Democrat Party and Democrat politicians did not acknowledge the holiday and instead went to post on social media about the Muslim holy day Ramadan, gaining criticism from many.
Nick Kandagis of Media Research Center also says that the mainstream news networks practically ignored the more than 50 million American Catholics in their coverage.
“They have been denigrating towards Christians for decades because what is the Christian ethos? We will turn the other cheek,” states Kangadis.
Kangadis says, however, that there were plenty of explainer pieces or other news stories catering to the roughly 4 million Muslims living in the US, although he suspects few of the journalists covering the Muslim holy day actually understood it.
“Promoting the Muslim holidays and all that isn't so much about promoting a religion or anything. It's saying, ‘Look how diverse we are’,” explains Kangadis.
He says that part of the reason for the disparity in coverage is an animus toward the Christian faith.
“If you lean more left and you're a socialist or a communist, odds are you don't believe in God or Jesus to begin with,” states Kangadis.
The other part of it, he says, is that the ash crosses on reporters’ foreheads make for good targets to Muslim radicals.
“You look in France — that Charlie Hebdo — where they had that depiction of Muhammad or whatever, and the guy went in there and shot up the whole news division,” sates Kangadis.
Charlie Hebdo is a satirical magazine in France that mocks politics, social issues, and religion, including depictions the Prophet Muhammed, which is considered offensive.
In 2015, BBC reported that two Muslim brothers, Cherif and Said Kouachi, infiltrated their workplace and fired, with assault rifles, upon an editorial meeting. A total of 12 people were killed, and the gun men were reported saying “We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad.” CBS reported that the men apparently has ties to al-Queda, an Islamic extremist-terrorist organization.
