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
Hit-and-Run: Media Slams Vatican With Bogus 'Smoking Gun' Story
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Where's the Media? L.A. Att'y Declares Many Abuse Accusations Against
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Media's Double Standard Continues When Reporting Child Sex Abuse
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Andrew Sullivan Tagged for Rampant Falsehoods About Catholic Church, P
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Media Falls Way Short in Claiming Pope Has 'Justified' Condom Use
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When Reporting on the Catholic Church, Media Can't Even Get Headlines
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With Pope in Spain, AP's Winfield Trumpets Gay 'Kiss-in,' Misrepresent
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Not the Catholic Church? Major Newspapers Blind to Massive Sex Abuse i
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Time Continues to Trumpet Pretend 'Women Catholic Priests
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Dishonest or Clueless?: Time Claims 'Ordained' Women 'Priests' in Cath
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UK Press Finds Possible 'Muslim,' 'Islamic' Plot to Kill Pope; AP Find
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Clueless on Catholicism: NBC's Today Says Pope 'Inflexible' About Wome
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James Carroll Exploits Holocaust, Lies Again About Catholic Church
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In Boston Globe, Harvard Prof. Equates Conservative Christians and Mur
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NYT Dowd's Anti-Catholic Piece is Riddled With Errors, Deceptions
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Awful: LAT Uses Obituary Page To Gloat About Catholic Church Misdeeds
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Clueless on Catholicism VII: LAT Continues to Air Falsehoods About Cat
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Disparate Coverage in NYT: Kevin Jennings vs. Catholic Priest
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Despite Evidence to Contrary, Boston Globe Says MA Economy is 'General
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Not a Catholic Priest? Boston Globe Pretty Quiet on Child Rapist Polan
