{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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The report found the memo to be a \"grave failure\" and an \"abuse of power,\" while the FBI had initiated the investigation based on an individual with violent online posts.","category":"Politics","area":null,"publishedAt":"2026-09-01T13:05:23.107Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-01T09:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-01T16:15:32.914Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":60,"critic":60,"hype":45,"notes":{"trust":"Central claims attributed to a named body (DOJ report) and corroborated by multiple outlets.","critic":"Reporting includes quotes from officials and details the investigation's origins and findings.","hype":"Headlines and opening paragraphs suggest a strong partisan framing of the DOJ report's findings."}},"tags":["#FBI","#DOJ","#Catholicism","#Extremism","#CivilLiberties"],"entities":["Department of Justice","FBI Richmond Field Office","Xavier Louis Lopez","Society of St. Pius X (SSPX)","Stanley Woodward Jr."],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["A Department of Justice report found an FBI memo linking \"radical-traditionalist Catholic ideology\" to domestic violent extremism was a \"grave failure\" and an \"abuse of power.\"","The FBI's investigation began with Xavier Louis Lopez, who posted online about violent and racially motivated ideologies.","The FBI investigated priests associated with the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) after Lopez began attending their chapel.","One outlet claims the DOJ report \"falsely accuses FBI of anti-Catholic bias.\""]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A Department of Justice report has criticised an internal FBI memo that suggested a link between \"radical-traditionalist Catholic ideology\" and domestic violent extremism. The DOJ report, released by the Weaponization Working Group, described the memo as a \"grave failure\" and an \"abuse of power.\""},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The FBI's investigation that led to the memo began with an individual named Xavier Louis Lopez. Lopez had posted online about violent and racially motivated ideologies. After his release from state prison in June 2021, Lopez began attending a chapel affiliated with the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). The FBI subsequently investigated priests associated with the SSPX after Lopez started attending their chapel."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on DOJ report's claims"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"One outlet claims the DOJ report \"falsely accuses FBI of anti-Catholic bias.\" The other reports do not contain this claim."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated reports below mention the claim that the DOJ report \"falsely accuses FBI of anti-Catholic bias.\""}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"The Heartlander","url":"https://heartlandernews.com/doj-report-reveals-fbi-reliance-on-splc-hate-designations-extends-far-beyond-richmond-catholic-memo","headline":"DOJ report reveals FBI reliance on SPLC 'hate' designations extends far beyond Richmond Catholic memo","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-09-02T16:31:29.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Tennessee 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