http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24274/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/npr-hypes-spains-far-right-political-party-similar-tea-party <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/matthew-balan">Matthew Balan</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><img src="http://www.mrc.org/sites/default/files/images/2014-02-08-YouTube-Spain_proabortion_protest_large.JPG" style="float: right;" height="132" width="240" />NPR's Lauren Frayer repeatedly emphasized the conservative ideology of the ruling party of Spain on Thursday's <em>Morning Edition</em>, as she reported on proposed legislation there that would be, in her words, "one of the <strong>toughest abortion laws in Europe </strong>– a near-total ban, except in cases of rape or threats to the mother's health." However, she didn't point out the left-of-center political affiliation of opponent</p><div class='signature'><p>— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MatthewJLB" target="_blank">Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/npr-hypes-spains-far-right-political-party-similar-tea-party" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Abortion David Greene Femen Lauren Frayer Morning Edition NPR spain Tue, 04 Mar 2014 05:21:18 +0000 matthew.balan 45668 at http://archive2.mrc.org