CBS Spins Pope and Obama as so Alike: Both are ‘International Celebrities’

Scott Whitlock | September 23, 2015
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[See NewsBusters for more.] Pope Francis and Barack Obama have a lot in common, at least according to CBS This Morning on Wednesday. Reporter Major Garrett skipped over disagreements like abortion and the health care mandate and instead connected: “Pope Francis arrives defined at least in part by his humility, also as an instrument of change within the church and an international celebrity.... President Obama knows a thing or two about change and celebrity.”  Garrett continued to link the two, insisting that Francis and Obama met on Tuesday “far away from the poor corners of Buenos Aires where Francis first ministered or the streets of Chicago's south side where Barack Obama first organized.” 

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