- Updated December 5, 2019 It appears that Francis is the media's new Harvey Weinstein whom the media protected for years. Francis's media enablers unvealed their red herring to distract from the fact that Francis, the new Weinstein, covered-up for sex abuse predator Theodore McCarrick. Today, the Associated Press headline showed who they expect to be the red herring to distract from the fact that Francis covered-up for McCarrick: "Lawsuit: McCarrick victim told pope [John Paul II] of sex abuse in 1988" Why is the media covering-up for Francis as they did for Weinstein and how is the conservative Catholic "post-Vatican II settlement" involved in the Francis and other cover-ups? October 6, 2017, The New York Times article "Harvey Weinstein's Media Enablers" explains why the media protected and covered-up for predator Weinstein and attacked abused women who were whistleblowers. But, more importantly, it explains why they, The New Y