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NBC Takes Up Kennedy vs. The Bishop, Implies Church is 'Crossing the Line' Into 'Political Blackmail'

Monday's NBC Nightly News took up the story of liberal Congressman Patrick Kennedy's public feud with the Catholic Church, and NBC's Ron Allen implied something improper in how "the Catholic Church is flexing its religious and political muscle."

When Catholic officials endorse liberal initiatives like immigration reform or oppose an execution, the networks don't worry about the separation of church and state. But with traditional stands against abortion and gay marriage in the crossfire, NBC's screen graphic asked if the church was "Crossing the Line?" A secular-left lobbyist accused the church of being "not above spiritual and political blackmail."

NBC even used footage from Nicholas Ballasy's video interview with Kennedy for Cybercast News Service, a news outlet affiliated with the MRC. But the brief snippet took out some of Kennedy's hostility against the church for "fanning the flames of dissent and discord" over the "absolute red herring" of abortion. Here's how NBC portrayed it:

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