Church Policy On Media
Inter Mirifica is thought to have overturned a previous Church position that was critical of the liberty of the press, a position that is found in the 1832 encyclical Mirari Vos, which condemned press freedom because of the likelihood that some media content could be "poisonous" to the public.
However, it is also possible that this position has not yet been completely overturned, since it was re-asserted in December 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, who accused the mass media of producing "poison" that makes people less sensitive to violence.
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