JaneRoe http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/17287/all en Media Ignores Planned Parenthood Leader's Change of Heart http://archive2.mrc.org/abbyjohnson/media-ignores-planned-parenthood-leaders-change-heart <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/carolyn-plocher">Carolyn Plocher</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >Remember back in July when Norma McCorvey was arrested for disruptive behavior during the confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor? Wait. Maybe not. The networks only gave her a few <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/sarah-knoploh/2009/07/14/cbs-nbc-turn-blind-eye-jane-roes-arrest" />cursory seconds</a>, if any. McCorvey is “Jane Roe,” the plaintiff in the landmark <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Roe v Wade</i> lawsuit, and the one-time pro-choicer was shouting for the verdict of her 1973 case to be overturned. </p> <br /> <p ></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/abbyjohnson/media-ignores-planned-parenthood-leaders-change-heart" target="_blank">read more</a></p> AbbyJohnson Coalitionforlife JaneRoe PlannedParenthood Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000 admin 28504 at http://archive2.mrc.org Networks Barely Cover 'Jane Roe's' Arrest http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/networks-barely-cover-jane-roes-arrest <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/sarah-knoploh">Sarah Knoploh</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >When a well-known individual creates a disruption at a highly public, widely televised event and is then arrested, any news organization worth the name would include the incident in its coverage of that event. Right? </p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/networks-barely-cover-jane-roes-arrest" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture Education cbs JaneRoe NBC Sotomayorhearings Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:00:00 +0000 admin 28617 at http://archive2.mrc.org