{"id":6575,"date":"2015-09-16T11:31:21","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T15:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=6575"},"modified":"2015-11-08T05:20:56","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T10:20:56","slug":"media-continues-to-ignore-planned-parenthood-fetal-tissue-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2015\/09\/media-continues-to-ignore-planned-parenthood-fetal-tissue-controversy.html","title":{"rendered":"Media continues to ignore Planned Parenthood fetal tissue controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Top Planned Parenthood Exec: Baby Parts Sales \u201cA Valid Exchange,\u201d Can Make &quot;A Fair Amount of Income\u201d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c9EU_02c5bM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video shows Planned Parenthood worries about bad press. <\/strong>Of course, you can&#8217;t help but wonder what they&#8217;d have to do to get it.\u00a0 This is the tenth undercover video released by the citizen journalist group Center for Medical Progress that compellingly documents Planned Parenthood&#8217;s under-the-radar and allegedly-illegal trafficking in fetal body parts for money. <a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2015\/09\/15\/planned-parenthood-admits-its-terrified-media-5x-new-video\">The Media Research Center reports<\/a> that since the group release its first video in its expose series in mid-July the mainstream media has barely covered the story at all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2015\/09\/15\/planned-parenthood-admits-its-terrified-media-5x-new-video\">From Katie Yoder at Newsbusters<\/a>: <em>From the beginning, the liberal media raced to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2015\/07\/18\/liberal-media-defend-planned-parenthood-censor-word-baby#.kinbas:UVgc\">defend<\/a>\u00a0Planned Parenthood. In the first 9 hours and 30 minutes of news shows broadcast after the story broke, ABC, NBC and CBS, spent only\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/katie-yoder\/2015\/07\/15\/censored-abc-cbs-ignore-horrific-planned-parenthood-video#.kinbas:i7Uo\">39 seconds<\/a>\u00a0on the first video. It took\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/curtis-houck\/2015\/07\/15\/shock-abc-cbs-cover-planned-parenthood-baby-parts-scandal-video-anti#.kinbas:z1mG\">more than 24 hours before all three covered the story<\/a>. In the week after the first video, the networks gave a mere 9 minutes and 11 seconds to the story (in contrast, the nets\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2015\/07\/21\/weak-coverage-networks-covered-komen-3x-more-abortion-videos\">devoted more than three times that<\/a>\u00a0to the Susan G. Komen controversy, when the charity temporarily decided to defund the abortion giant)&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"stcpDiv\"><em>&#8230;The three networks haven\u2019t mentioned the content of CMP\u2019s last five videos. In fact, the networks\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2015\/08\/31\/networks-havent-covered-single-planned-parenthood-video-one\" target=\"_blank\">haven&#8217;t covered a single Planned Parenthood video release in more than one month<\/a>.<\/em><\/div>\n<div>\n<strong>IMHO:<\/strong> It sure seems like a story to me &#8212; one that needs to be fairly explored. It&#8217;s hard to believe the media&#8217;s own bias isn&#8217;t playing a big role in\u00a0 the apparently deliberate attempt to bury it.<\/div>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Video shows Planned Parenthood worries about bad press. 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