http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24190/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/abc-gives-sympathetic-look-polygamist-family <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/matt-hadro">Matt Hadro</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>On Friday night’s&nbsp;<em>World News</em>, ABC’s Cecilia Vega gave a sympathetic portrayal of a polygamist family featured on TLC’s&nbsp;<em>Sister Wives</em>.</p><p>Although Vega gave voice to critics of the Brown family, she spent most of her report interviewing the family and allowing them to defend their way of living. “They maintain theirs is a&nbsp;<span>healthy lifestyle,” Vega reported. She allowed the family to distance themselves from the abuse of children and women in other polygamist families.</span></p><div class='signature'><p>— Matt Hadro is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/matthadro" target="_blank">Follow Matt Hadro on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/abc-gives-sympathetic-look-polygamist-family" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division abc Cecilia Vega Kody Brown Polygamy Sister Wives World News Sat, 15 Feb 2014 04:23:24 +0000 matt.hadro 45560 at http://archive2.mrc.org