Bozell on Santorum and "Race Card": More Media Distortions to Delegitimize Conservative Thought

Alexandria, VA - In the wake of the CNSNews.com interview [1] with potential presidential hopeful Rick Santorum and his criticism of President Obama's support for abortion rights, numerous major news outlets including Politico, National Journal, the Wall Street Journal, and the Daily Beast have accused Santorum of playing the "race card" while discussing human life and personhood protected by the Constitution.

Santorum said this: "The question is, and this is what Barack Obama didn't want to answer: Is that human life a person under the Constitution? And Barack Obama says no. Well, if that human life is not a person, then I find it almost remarkable for a black man to say 'now we are going to decide who are people and who are not people.'"

Brent Bozell, Media Research Center President, reacted:

"This has nothing to do with a supposed 'race card.' This isn't even just about Rick Santorum. The media whirlwind [2] whipped up on these accusations are nothing more than the continuation of an ugly and dishonest attempt to distort, delegitimize and damn conservative principles and conservative leaders.

"Anyone who actually watched this interview can see that Santorum paralleled what many pro-life leaders have compared in the past. Just ask Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Day Gardner, Rev. Childress or any number of other black leaders who have also called abortion the civil rights issue of our day.

"It's sad that many of these same outlets also failed to report news yesterday of the Philadelphia abortionist charged with the murder of 1 woman and 7 babies born alive and then killed with scissors. It doesn't get more gruesome than that. But that story doesn't threaten liberal ideology, so I guess it's just not news.

"Santorum does threaten liberal ideology, so they create a false controversy - and call it news."

Watch the complete CNSNews.com interview [1] with Rick Santorum.