Dave Pierre

Contributing writer

Dave Pierre is one of the country's leading observers of the media's coverage of the Catholic Church abuse narrative. Dave is the author of two critically acclaimed books, Double Standard: Abuse Scandals and the Attack on the Catholic Church and Catholic Priests Falsely Accused: The Facts, The Fraud, The Stories.

Readers have cited Dave's work as "essential reading" and "a must-read."

Dave is the creator and author of TheMediaReport.com (www.TheMediaReport.com) and is a longtime contributing writer to NewsBusters.org (www.NewsBusters.org), the popular media-bias blog of the Media Research Center. 

Dave has been interviewed on National Public Radio (NPR) as well as by other radio outlets and newspapers for his work. He has also contributed to print publications.

Dave is a graduate of Boston College and lives with his wife and family in Massachusetts.

Latest Blogs

 

NYT Ignores Shocking Child Abuse Crimes in Its Own Backyard

Dave Pierre
December 14th, 2011 12:23 AM
 

Not the Catholic Church? NYT Ignores Shocking Hollywood Pedophilia Cha

Dave Pierre
December 11th, 2011 12:02 AM
 

Boston Globe Keeps Anti-Catholic Reputation Thriving

Dave Pierre
November 20th, 2011 3:32 PM
 

Endangering Innocent Lives? Boston Globe Outs Tipster of Dangerous Gan

Dave Pierre
October 9th, 2011 5:47 PM
 

Celeb’s Hollywood Pedophilia Stunner Met With Media Whimper

Dave Pierre
August 16th, 2011 7:24 PM
 

NYT Trumpets Female Catholic 'Priests' For Second Week In a Row; HuffP

Dave Pierre
August 2nd, 2011 12:04 AM
 

Archdiocese Blasts Magazine Over 'Agenda-driven Travesty of Salacious

Dave Pierre
July 28th, 2011 5:37 PM
 

While Trumpeting 'Female Priests,' NYT's Goodstein Commits More Faulty

Dave Pierre
July 25th, 2011 1:44 PM
 

At Philly Church Presser, AP Shows Its Distaste for the Catholic Churc

Dave Pierre
July 19th, 2011 8:42 PM
 

Church Postpones Gay-Friendly Mass, Boston Globe Flips Out

Dave Pierre
June 28th, 2011 1:16 AM
 

Politically Incorrect Maureen Dowd?: Homosexuality a Cause of Child Se

Dave Pierre
June 20th, 2011 8:24 PM
 

NYT Issues Another Slanted Attack Against Catholic Church

Dave Pierre
May 22nd, 2011 8:05 PM
 

More Anti-Catholic Falsehoods From NYT’s Dowd

Dave Pierre
April 30th, 2011 4:49 PM
 

Holy Week at PBS: 'Frontline' To Profile Catholic Church Abuse - Again

Dave Pierre
April 15th, 2011 1:00 AM
 

Unfair in Philadelphia? Little Media Scrutiny of Grand Jury Report Aga

Dave Pierre
March 18th, 2011 12:04 AM
 

Only After Awful Attacks on Logan: LAT’s Rainey Doesn’t Like Tone

Dave Pierre
February 27th, 2011 7:57 PM
 

Media Quiet to Case of Non-Citizen Convicted Child Molester Who Was Hi

Dave Pierre
February 22nd, 2011 6:49 PM
 

Ridiculous Bias in Boston Globe Hit Piece on Barney Frank Opponent

Dave Pierre
February 17th, 2011 9:30 PM
 

LAT Falsely Attacks FNC's O'Reilly

Dave Pierre
February 5th, 2011 7:53 PM
 

Media Trumpets Biased and Problematic Abortion-Mental Health Study (w

Dave Pierre
January 27th, 2011 9:34 PM