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To: Berry Picker who wrote (29651)	2/1/2000 12:02:00 PM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

& perhaps you believe your religion would be treated any better in China?

To: Berry Picker who wrote (29651)	2/8/2000 8:19:00 PM
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And now , as I knew it would happen, here to counter your bigoted post(s) against the Catholic Church: Flaws In Newpaper Story Said To Undermine Expose By David Murray and S. Robert Lichter 2-8-2000 On Jan. 29, an exclusive Kansas City Star story carried nationwide through the Knight-Ridder News Service proclaimed a scandal of silence in the Catholic Church involving priests and their sexuality. As the San Jose Mercury News headlined, the "Death Rate From AIDS is Higher for Priests." Based on the results of 801 responses to a mail survey the Star sent to 3,013 priests, the story begins, "Hundreds of Roman Catholic priests across the United States have died of AIDS-related illnesses, and hundreds more are living with HIV, the virus that causes the disease." Despite the heavy and uncritical news coverage, questions about the survey suggest caution in inferring a hidden AIDS epidemic among priests. Instead, they illustrate the pitfalls awaiting news organizations that conduct surveys in order to create news. Consider the following assertions about the survey from the Star article and the Knight-Ridder dispatch: "The response rate was very good=... said the Rev. Rodney DeMartini, executive director of the National Catholic AIDS Network." In fact, few survey researchers would consider a 27 percent response rate to be "very good." It means that nearly three of four priests who were targeted failed to respond. Normally, when a response rate is this low, follow-up surveys are conducted to increase the returns or at least to learn whether the minority who responded were representative. (cont) sightings.com