Catholic News Service: Pope urges media workers to use their crafts to foster peace

CNS STORY: Pope urges media workers to use their crafts to foster peace:

"However, he said, the mass media are vulnerable to misuse, causing 'untold harm, giving rise to misunderstanding, prejudice and even conflict.'
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The mass media can incorrectly represent other people through words or images steeped in hostility, the pope said.

By demonizing people from other social, ethnic or religious groups, the mass media can sow the seeds of conflict by fomenting fear and hatred, which 'can all too easily escalate into violence, war or even genocide,' he said."