There is an irony in a member of a church that had famously attempted to cover up all of the atrocities committed by its leadership, even going so far as buying

There is an irony in a member of a church that had famously attempted to cover up all of the atrocities committed by its leadership, even going so far as buying forged documents it feared would expose the church to scorn — a church that goes after its critics in a way unrivaled by any other group, except perhaps the Catholic Church (and even then, pretty sure LDS has it beat), is complaining about an obituary in a secular paper not focusing on the party line, which in this case was “we were able to recruit a bunch of people to join Amway, er, the Mormon church” (that comparison is intentional), isn’t up to his standards. Also, anyone who doesn’t think that this obituary is completely ordinary for publications like the Times is mistaken. The obituary for John Paul the II saved the criticism for the end, granted, but look at the obituary for Cardinal Law [1]. And if anyone thinks that when Benedict dies (the Pope emeritus), the obit won’t lead with his controversies, I think they are wrong. It’s too soon to say what they’d lead with on Pope Francis, but I’m sure his controversies with the conservative parts of the church will be mentioned. Journalists aren’t your friends. And the role isn’t to write propaganda, which is exactly what this guy wants from an obituary. I’m sure the Deseret News was much more to his liking. And that’s the other part of journalism. When it thrives, there isn’t just one source. There are many different perspectives that can be shared. [1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/obituaries/cardinal-bernard-law-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/obituaries/cardinal-berna...