{"id":128173,"date":"2016-10-13T15:20:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T19:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=128173"},"modified":"2016-10-13T15:20:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T19:20:57","slug":"why-does-the-media-celebrate-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/why-does-the-media-celebrate-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does the media celebrate Planned Parenthood?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are numerous instances of editors, journalists, anchors, and reporters showering praise on the nation\u2019s largest abortion giant or defending its killing of seven million lives.<\/p>\n

And Planned Parenthood\u00a0has shown great\u00a0appreciation for the love. Since 1978, PP has awarded<\/a> 257 journalists, media outlets and projects with the \u201cMaggie Awards for Media Excellence.\u201d Named in honor of founder Margaret Sanger, the awards went to those who \u201cenhance the public\u2019s understanding of reproductive rights and health care issues,\u201d including abortion. ABC, CBS, NBC and other news sources have been recipients of these awards. And some, like the National Association of Black Journalists, for example, have been recipients of thousands of dollars in grants… for the purpose of supporting programs regarding reproductive health (2013 tax return, page 64<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In an interview with\u00a0Fusion<\/em>\u2019s political correspondent Katie McDonough<\/a>, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards delightedly declared, \u201cIt\u2019s been wonderful to see mainstream magazines now covering abortion stories of women and of men, of families, and beginning to get this conversation into the public sphere.\u201d Indeed, it seems that everywhere you turn, someone is writing or broadcasting<\/a> a puff piece about Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n

In an\u00a0gushing\u00a0piece about \u201cactivist extraordinaire\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Richards, Washington Post reporter Caitlin Gibson couldn\u2019t heap enough praise\u00a0over the head of Planned Parenthood. \u201cIn person, the 59-year-old Richards exudes both a warm authenticity and a subtle impenetrability; there\u2019s the sense that she means everything she says, but she isn\u2019t saying everything,\u201d she wrote earlier this year. Much more recently, Teen Vogue ran two pro-Planned Parenthood pieces — one<\/a> painting clinic escorts as heroes, the other<\/a> calling Richards “the most badass feminist EVER.”<\/p>\n

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