The reason why the Papacy gets positive media coverage cause it has the right men in the right places. Mark Thompson (above), the Jesuit-educated Catholic is the Director-General of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation). Just prior to Pope Benedict XVI' visit to the UK in September 2010, he paid a visit to the Vatican where he would use the British media outlet to portray a positive image if the pope, with no criticism as recorded in The Catholic Herald, February 12, 2010. The Papacy pt.1