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The Fishwrap is known by various monikers. The editors call it the National catholic Reporter in defiance of a decree of their local bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Bp. Helmsing, who ordered them to remove “Catholic” from their title. It is also called by many the National Catholic Distorter, for obvious reasons. It is known as the National Schismatic Reporter. There are less cordial nicknames as well.
Most people now recognize it as the Fishwrap.
One of Fishwrap’s prime time writers, Michael Sean Winters, also has his nicknames. For some he is the “Tricoteuse” of the papalotrous New catholic Red Guards, aka Madame Defarge, from his self-description as desiring to sit, as did the figure in Dicken’s novel, by a guillotine to watch people he disagrees with be put to death. Really. For others, like Robby George, he is the Wile E Coyote of catholic Left: he has a penchant for hoisting himself on his own machinations. Think rollers skates and rockets, catapults and boulders, boomerangs and dynamite.
Continued below.
Wherein National 'c'atholic Fishwrap's own Wile E. Coyote "oopses" himself. Fr. Z explains.
Most people now recognize it as the Fishwrap.
One of Fishwrap’s prime time writers, Michael Sean Winters, also has his nicknames. For some he is the “Tricoteuse” of the papalotrous New catholic Red Guards, aka Madame Defarge, from his self-description as desiring to sit, as did the figure in Dicken’s novel, by a guillotine to watch people he disagrees with be put to death. Really. For others, like Robby George, he is the Wile E Coyote of catholic Left: he has a penchant for hoisting himself on his own machinations. Think rollers skates and rockets, catapults and boulders, boomerangs and dynamite.
Continued below.
Wherein National 'c'atholic Fishwrap's own Wile E. Coyote "oopses" himself. Fr. Z explains.
