Now that I have your attention … One of the stupidest and most dispiriting expressions of the media culture that I have ever encountered is the “coverage” of Pope Benedict’s recently-published interview entitled Light of the World. I can’t really say that I was surprised.
I had received an advance copy of the book and had prepared a piece on it when I met a woman involved in organizing the publicity for its release. "They’re going to talk about condoms,” I said.
"But it’s such a minor theme and it’s mentioned on, like, a quarter of a page at the end of one chapter,” she said.
"They're going to talk about condoms,” I replied.
