Over twenty prominent leaders of the conservative movement have joined Media Research Center President Brent Bozell in demanding the broadcast networks stop censoring coverage of the trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell and the testimony of the Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates in favor of murdering children who survive botched abortions. Although abortion has re-entered the news cycle following the passage of pro-life measures in North Dakota and Arkansas, the MRC’s Culture and Media Institute finds that ABC, CBS, and NBC have completely censored both of these outrageous stories:
Since the Gosnell trial began three weeks ago, ABC, CBS, and NBC have given the story ZERO seconds of coverage on either their morning or evening news shows. They have not covered Gosnell once since his arrest in January 2011, and even then, only CBS did so.
After the Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates’ testimony in favor of post-birth abortions surfaced on March 29, ABC, CBS, and NBC have committed ZERO seconds of coverage on either of their morning or evening news shows.
ABC, CBS, and NBC have each covered the new abortion laws in North Dakota and Arkansas, ominously describing them as the “most restrictive” in the nation.
In response to the broadcast networks’ total and inexcusable blackout of the Gosnell and Planned Parenthood stories, the conservative leaders react:
“The Kermit Gosnell case, in which his abortion clinic has been described as a ‘House of Horrors,’ could have been plucked from the fever dream of Hollywood’s most depraved slasher film writer, and yet ABC, CBS, and NBC have completely censored it out of the news. The Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates’ on-the-record position in support of murdering living children is staggering in its radicalism, and yet ABC, CBS, and NBC have completely censored it out of the news.
“But the new pro-life laws in North Dakota and Arkansas? They draw a critical eye from the broadcast networks.
“The horrific excesses of the abortion industry – exemplified by Gosnell and Planned Parenthood – are major, national news stories any way you look at them. But the pro-abortion liberal media are determined to hide them from the public. The media have a solemn duty to the American people to report the news, not just news that helps the positions they support. It’s unprofessional, it’s disgusting, and it’s inhuman.
“If the pro-life movement were involved in this type of insanity, there would be wall-to-wall coverage from every major news outlet. This cover-up is a national disgrace.”
L. Brent Bozell, III,
President and Founder, Media Research Center
Diana Banister, Vice
President, Shirley & Bannister Public Affairs
Gary Bauer, President,
American Values
David N. Bossie,
President, Citizens United
Brian Burch, President,
Catholic Vote
Susan Carleson,
Chairman/CEO, American Civil Rights Union
Kellyanne Conway,
President, The Polling Company, Inc./Woman Trend
Marjorie Dannenfelser, President,
Susan B. Anthony List
Mark Fitzgibbons,
President of Corporate Affairs, American Target Advertising
Andrea Lafferty,
Traditional Values Coalition
Mario Lopez, President,
Hispanic Leadership Fund
Jim Martin, Chairman, 60
Plus Association
Gary Marx, Executive
Director, Faith and Freedom Coalition
Jeanne Monahan,
President of March for Life Education and Defense Fund
Penny Nance, President,
Concerned Women for America
Fr. Frank Pavone,
National Director, Priests for Life; President, National Pro-life Religious
Council
Tony Perkins, President,
Family Research Council
Patrick Reilly,
President, Cardinal Newman Society
Austin Ruse, President,
Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute
Craig Shirley, Chairman, Citizens for the Republic
Richard Viguerie, Chairman, ConservativeHQ.com
David Bozell, Executive Director, ForAmerica
Kristen Hawkins, President, Students for Life
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