Wolf Blitzer 'not so sure' liberal CNN host Begala is 'a good Catholic'

Wolf Blitzer "not so sure" liberal CNN host Beg ... [Media Matters for America]: "Wolf Blitzer 'not so sure' liberal CNN host Begala is 'a good Catholic'

On the April 8 edition of CNN's Inside Politics, CNN hosts Wolf Blitzer and Judy Woodruff discussed Pope John Paul II's funeral with Crossfire co-hosts Paul Begala and Robert Novak, both Catholics. Blitzer opened the segment by suggesting that while 'I'm sure Bob is a good Catholic, I'm not so sure about Paul Begala.' In responding to Blitzer, Begala took exception to on-screen text* earlier in the program that characterized many Catholic doctrines as 'conservative':

BLITZER: While they were united today in mourning the death of the pope, U.S. Catholics are a diverse group, as illustrated by two of our Crossfire co-hosts, the conservative Robert Novak, the liberal Paul Begala. Both good Catholics -- I don't know 'good' Catholics, but both Catholics. I'm sure Bob is a good Catholic, I'm not so sure about Paul Begala."