Subject: Maggie Rodriguez

• Father Cutié Agrees to a TV Interview

  The Father Cutié case has gone national (guess the national media was bored of Swine Flu), and Cutié himself has agreed to be interviewed on CBS's Early Show next Monday morning. Miami-native and former CBS4 anchor Maggie Rodriguez will be conducting the sit down. [CBS: Priest In Steamy Pics To Break His Silence]

  May 8, 2009

• Should Maggie Rodriguez's Friendship With Father Cutié Disqualify Her Coverage?

  Earlier today CBS's Early Show announced that they've score the first, sit-down interview with Father Alberto Cutié. Maggie Rodriguez, a Miami native and former CBS4 anchor, is set to do the interview, however she's admitted that Cutié is "a family friend whom I've known for many, many years." Should this disqualify her from reporting on the story? NewsBusters, a conservative media watchdog site whose stated mission is to "expose liberal bias," seems to think so: On Thursday, Rodrigu

  May 8, 2009

• Father Cutié: Yes, It Was a Sexual Relationship, But He's Not The Anti-Celibacy Poster Boy

  To whom does a celebrity priest confess? Well, besides God, apparently the public. Father Alberto Cutié, who was caught in paparazzi photos caressing a woman on a beach, is making the media rounds. On Friday he did an interview with Univision, and this morning he appeared on CBS's Early Show, sans collar, for his first English television interview since the scandal hit. Here's the rundown of his confession: Yes, the relationship was of a sexual nature.This is the only sexual relationship he's

  May 11, 2009