"We're very pleased to have Inside Edition move into access on WCBS, KCBS and KYW, starting in September, coinciding with the start of the show’s 30th season. The Insider ranks sixth overall among the eight access magazines. Inside Edition also attracts 4.3 million viewers, behind only ET's 4.9 million, and has earned a 1.2 season-to-date among women 25-54, behind only ET's 1.5.īy comparison, The Insider has averaged a 1.2 household rating season-to-date, 1.61 million viewers and a 0.5 among women 25-54. Inside Edition has averaged a 2.9 live-plus-same-day household rating this season, according to Nielsen, behind ET's 3.3. 2 ranked access magazine, behind only CTD's Entertainment Tonight. Inside Edition, which is in its 29th season and has been anchored by Deborah Norville since 1995, is the No. The Insider, which was spun off from Entertainment Tonight in 2004 and features hosts Debbie Matenopoulos and Louis Aguirre, will end its run after this season. The moves come in the wake of CTD's decision to stop producing entertainment magazine The Insider after 13 seasons on the air. Įnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.CBS Television Distribution's Inside Edition is moving into key access time periods this fall in three top markets: New York, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. So, the next time someone claims martyrdom for a suicide bomber or for anyone who is killed while murdering others in the name of a religion or other cause (including the mass murderer in Dallas last week 5), don’t accept that distorted use of the word.ġ – “What is the Church’s Teaching on Martyrdom?” Ģ – Summary of Paragraph 2283 from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 25 th printing, November, 2013.ĥ – “The first black woman crowned Miss Alabama is standing by a controversial video in which she called the Dallas gunman a ‘martyr - but admits it was a poor choice of words.” From “Former Miss Alabama Admits She Shouldn’t Have Called Dallas Gunman ‘a Martyr’… But Won’t Pull Video,”.
Suicide is contrary to love for the living God.” 4
It likewise offends love of neighbor because it unjustly breaks the ties of solidarity with family, nation, and other human societies to which we continue to have obligations. It is gravely contrary to the just love of self. Suicide contradicts the natural inclination of the human being to preserve and perpetuate his life. We are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to us. We are obliged to accept life gratefully and preserve it for his honor and the salvation of our souls.
It is God who remains the sovereign Master of life. “Everyone is responsible for his life before God who has given it to him. It is forbidden by the fifth commandment.” 3 In addition: 2 However, no such act can be glorified by assigning the respected title of martyr to the perpetrator because “suicide is seriously contrary to justice, hope and charity. True, the state of that person’s soul is known only by God. Some declare that a person is a martyr when he commits suicide in the process of killing others in the name of his religion. A martyr is a person who is killed by someone else for refusing to say or do anything contrary to his beliefs. The Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary gives its first definition of the word “martyr” as the one pertaining to faith: “a person who is killed or who suffers greatly for a religion, cause, etc.”Īnother description: “Sacred Scripture attests to the courage of men and women who were willing to die as martyrs rather than renounce their faith or be unfaithful to God’s law.” 1