Pope Francis: fake and sensationalised news ‘a very serious sin’
Odvisni govor: dopolni prazna mesta z ustreznimi glagoli iz tabele. Dva glagola nista uporabljena. / Reported speech: fill in the gaps with the correct verbs from the box. Two verbs are not used.
| told | apologised | saying | remembered |
| said | criticised | called | reminded |
Pope Francis has ____________________ (1) journalists who dredge up old scandals and sensationalise the news, ____________________ (2) it’s a “very serious sin” that hurts all involved.
Francis, who plans to dedicate his upcoming annual communications message to “fake news”, ____________________ (3) Catholic media on Saturday that journalists perform a mission that is among the most “fundamental” to democratic societies.
But he ____________________ (4) them to provide precise, complete and correct information and not to provide one-sided reports.
The pope ____________________ (5): “You shouldn’t fall into the ‘sins of communication:’ disinformation, or giving just one side, calumny that is sensationalised, or defamation, looking for things that are old news and have been dealt with and bringing them to light today.”
He ____________________ (6) those actions a “grave sin that hurts the heart of the journalist and hurts others”.
(Adapted from theguardian.com on 17 December 2017)
