Pope Leo has seemingly weighed in on media coverage of the U.S. and Israel war with Iran, this time calling on journalists to depict human suffering and to avoid amplifying propaganda.
In a social media post, the American-born pope wrote, “In the dramatic circumstances of war, information must guard against the risk of turning into propaganda. It is every journalist’s duty to verify the news, so as not to become a megaphone for power. They must show the suffering that war always brings to populations, which entails showing the face of war and recounting it through the eyes of victims.”
Although the pope’s post was not specific, it follows a weekend in which President Donald Trump has raged against negative media coverage of the war. His FCC chairman Brendan Carr has threatened the licenses of broadcast outlets, while his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has railed over cable
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