Tell EWTNRemove anti-LGBTQ activist as news anchor

Posted: Oct. 25, 2021

The Catholic cable-news network EWTN doesn't just share Fox News' right-wing agenda -- it also shares Fox's lack of journalistic integrity.

EWTN is known for airing softball interviews with Donald Trump, firing Black hosts who champion racial justice, seeking church commentary exclusively from Pope Francis's harshest critics, and more.

The channel's news director and lead anchor is Raymond Arroyo (who is also a frequent Fox guest host). He masquerades as a serious reporter, but he's actually a right-wing activist who hides his conflict of interest from viewers.

Arroyo sits on the board of the Catholic League, a wealthy conservative organization that revels in mean-spirited attacks on LGBTQ Americans, Democrats, and even Faithful America. Arroyo frequently features Catholic League president Bill Donohue on his program "World Over" -- yet neither man discloses their professional relationship on the air.

Once you know about Arroyo's conservative activism, the pro-Trump, anti-Francis coverage he oversees starts to make sense. Catholics and other Christians cannot allow EWTN to keep warping religion like this. It's time for network CEO Michael Warsaw -- a communications consultant for the same pope Arroyo constantly undermines -- to replace the activist anchor with an actual journalist.

Sign the petition:

To EWTN Chairman and CEO Michael Warsaw:

Raymond Arroyo has repeatedly hidden a conflict of interest from your viewers, frequently interviewing the conservative Catholic League's President Bill Donohue while failing to disclose on air that he oversees Donohue's activism as a member of the Catholic League's Board of Directors.

This failure is a pattern, not a one-time accident, and thus it is an egregious lapse in journalism ethics. Moreover, even if Arroyo had disclosed his conflict of interest on the January 7, February 18, and June 10 episodes of "World Over," it is still highly inappropriate for a conservative activist to present himself as a nonpartisan reporter.

As fellow Catholics and other grassroots Christians, we call on you terminate Arroyo as EWTN's lead anchor, managing editor, and news director, and replace him with a serious and objective journalist rather than another activist.

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