ABC Pushes Anti-Catholic 'Philomena' as a 'Touching,' 'True' 'Winner'

Scott Whitlock | February 20, 2014
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[For more, see video cross-posted at NewsBusters.] Good Morning America's Bianna Golodrygra on Thursday pushed the anti-Catholic film Philomena as a "touching" "true story." The ABC journalist spun the movie as largely uncontroversial and a "clear winner with audiences everywhere." Golodryga downplayed the film's harsh anti-religious elements and soft-peddled the movie's fictional elements. Golodryga parroted, "Philomena is based on a true story about an Irish woman played by Judi Dench who travels to the U.S. to track down the son she was forced to give up for adoption when she was a teenager." In fact, the New York Times reported on November 29, 2013, "...Much of the movie is a fictionalized version of events. Ms. [Philomena] Lee, for instance, never went to the United States to look for her son with Mr. Sixsmith, who is played by Steve Coogan, a central part of the film."

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