{"id":165041,"date":"2017-04-21T18:13:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T22:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=165041"},"modified":"2017-04-21T17:14:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T21:14:22","slug":"media-matters-nonsensically-attacks-anti-choice-bias-cable-news-yes-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/media-matters-nonsensically-attacks-anti-choice-bias-cable-news-yes-really\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Matters nonsensically attacks &#8216;anti-choice&#8217; bias in cable news. Yes, really."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverthenetworks.org\/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7150\">Media Matters<\/a> is at it again, and boy, do they have a whopper for us today.<\/p>\n<p>Their latest study, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/media\/how-cable-news-keeps-getting-it-wrong-about-abortion\">published on Alternet<\/a>, makes the, er, <em>creative<\/em> claim that the overwhelming majority of cable news\u2014not just their hated Fox News, but CNN and MSNBC too\u2014is guilty of promoting \u201canti-choice myths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, that would be the same media whose own voting habits and personal views are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrc.org\/special-reports\/liberal-mediaevery-poll-shows-journalists-are-more-liberal-american-public-%E2%80%94-and\">disproportionately pro-abortion<\/a>; that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/sarah-stites\/2016\/10\/11\/10-worst-examples-media-love-altruistic-planned-parenthood\">presents<\/a> Planned Parenthood as heroic; that dutifully pushes the abortion lobby\u2019s misinformation on <a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2015\/08\/10\/cnns-chris-cuomo-has-absolutely-no-idea-where-babies-come-from\/\">embryology<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/abortions-bans-centered-fetal-pain-based-factually-solid-ground\/\">fetal pain<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/correcting-media-narrative-late-term-abortion-a-must\/\">late-term abortion<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2016\/03\/23\/study-networks-dont-report-dangers-abortion-women\">abortion risks<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/media-caught-planned-parenthoods-web-lies-part-one\/\">Planned Parenthood&#8217;s crimes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/heres-how-your-taxpayer-dollars-are-funding-abortion\/\">taxpayer funding for abortion<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/naral-spokeswoman-lies-about-abortion-on-complicit-msnbc\/\">pre-Roe history<\/a>, and more; that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/brad-wilmouth\/2016\/12\/10\/cnn-ohio-abortion-ban-could-be-problem-womens-right-choose\">promotes<\/a> pro-abortion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/matthew-balan\/2016\/06\/27\/cnn-trumpets-monumental-seismic-pro-abortion-supreme-court\">narratives<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/geoffrey-dickens\/2016\/07\/18\/mrcs-notable-quotables-msnbcs-gop-convention-anchor-likens\">politicians<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/curtis-houck\/2016\/08\/27\/msnbc-invites-chelsea-handler-boost-rock-vote-encourage-pro-choice\">personalities<\/a>; that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/will-the-media-give-the-same-attention-to-the-march-for-life-as-the-anti-trump-protests\/\">downplays pro-life activism<\/a> while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2017\/01\/25\/networks-cover-womens-march-129x-more-march-life\">hyping pro-abortion events<\/a>; that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2017\/03\/01\/ironic-msnbc-panel-laughs-kellyanne-calling-feminism-pro\">mocks the concept of pro-woman abortion opponents<\/a>; and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/media-admit-deny-gosnell-media-blackout-due-to-pro-abortion-bia\">ignored the Kermit Gosnell case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticleAd1\">\n<p><!-- \/1011927\/LAN_300_by_250_top_article --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1473179053567-0\" class=\"ArticleAd1a\"><script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1473179053567-0'); });\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At this point, it\u2019s only natural to start squinting for a signpost up ahead and listening for Rod Serling to start narrating, but I assure you, we have not crossed over into the Twilight Zone. Somebody really did spend time and money on such an insane thesis, and really got people to publish it.<\/p>\n<p>How do they rationalize this farce? For starters, by padding it out with some good old-fashioned sexism. You see, in the 1-year period they studied (March 2016 to March 2017), \u201cmen were participants in 60 percent of conversations about abortion and reproductive rights\u201d (58 percent at CNN, 68 percent at Fox, and 57 percent at MSNBC). Never mind that at least half of those men were pro-abortion (and certainly way more than half at CNN &amp; MSNBC); you just can\u2019t trust someone who doesn\u2019t have the right parts, chromosomes, or <a href=\"https:\/\/mediamatters.org\/stories-and-interests\/transgender-rights\">self-identity<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Almost as ridiculous is the \u201cstudy\u2019s\u201d\u2014and I use the term loosely\u2014complaint that when the networks talked about abortion in the context of the presidential election, it was overwhelmingly to discuss Donald Trump\u2019s position on the issue rather than Hillary Clinton\u2019s. We\u2019re apparently meant to infer that the consequence of this was their audiences hearing Trump\u2019s <em>eeeeeevil anti-choice rhetoric<\/em> but none of Hillary\u2019s <em>compassionate wisdom<\/em>, as if the media wasn\u2019t <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/pundits-blog\/media\/301285-media-and-trump-bias-not-even-trying-to-hide-it-anymore\">nakedly trying to demolish Trump and boost Clinton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the real reason for this discrepancy is obvious\u2014they focused on Trump\u2019s abortion positions for the purpose of painting him as a heartless lunatic who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/media-seizes-on-trumps-latest-gaffe-to-attack-pro-lifers\/\">wanted to throw women in jail<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2016\/10\/20\/media-incorrectly-fact-check-trumps-stupidity-abortion\">just made stuff up about abortion<\/a>, whereas Clinton\u2019s didn\u2019t need closer study because to them, there was nothing remarkable about her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/rubio-right-call-hillary-clinton-pro-abortion-even-due-date\/\">any-time, any-reason, any-method abortion fanaticism<\/a>. That was simply the default position of any enlightened person in their eyes. <em>She was the normal one<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Media Matters also whines that the \u201cNetworks Hardly Covered Anti-Choice Violence or the Economic and Logistical Barriers to Abortion Access.\u201d Well, as far as violence goes, maybe that\u2019s simply a result of the fact that\u2014shocking though it may be, depending on what blogs one gets one\u2019s fake news from\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/violence-against-abortionists-extremely-rare-despite-claims\/\">anti-abortion violence simply doesn&#8217;t happen often enough<\/a> to warrant more mentions?<\/p>\n<p>As for \u201caccess,\u201d what the networks may have lacked in quantity (a point on which Media Matters\u2019 counting strikes me as highly suspect), they more than made up for in pro-abortion \u201cquality,\u201d such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/matthew-balan\/2016\/06\/27\/cnn-trumpets-monumental-seismic-pro-abortion-supreme-court\">CNN<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/curtis-houck\/2016\/06\/27\/giddy-msnbc-host-brings-wendy-davis-asks-where-those-pink-sneakers\">MSNBC<\/a> celebrating when the Supreme Court chose \u201caccess\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/supreme-courts-texas-abortion-ruling-bad-women\/\">over patient safety<\/a> when striking down Texas\u2019s abortion facility regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, all of these complaints, even if one makes the mistake of taking them at face value, at best come down to a question of focus. Even if Media Matters was correct about all of them, it still would not show that the channels\u2019 coverage of abortion tended to benefit pro-lifers, or that whatever pro-life messages that got through were untrue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/liveaction.org\/petition\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-160409\" src=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DefundAd-400b-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So let\u2019s conclude our tour of this farce with the only part of it that really matters: Media Matters\u2019 claim that 64 percent of abortion-related statements in the time period were \u201cinaccurate\u201d (38 percent at CNN, 80 percent at Fox, and 47 percent at MSNBC). They claim to have vetted the accuracy of statements falling into four categories: \u201cthe Center for Medical Progress (CMP), abortion funding rules, Planned Parenthood\u2019s essential services, or late-term abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Predictably, they don\u2019t bother to define their idea of \u201caccuracy\u201d in any of those areas, with the exception of CMP (I guess that\u2019s a sign of how much angrier they are about it than they are about topics that don\u2019t implicate their beloved Planned Parenthood in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/a-guide-to-how-planned-parenthood-is-breaking-the-law\/\">multiple felonies<\/a>). There\u2019s a reason for that, of course\u2014in each category, Media Matters\u2019 version of the truth is a lie. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/blood-money-abortion-is-a-tax-deductible-medical-expense\/\">here<\/a> for the truth about taxpayer funding, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-abort-confusion-pp-says-they-never-claimed-to-offer-mammograms-media-matters-says-pp-does\/\">here<\/a> for the truth about Planned Parenthood\u2019s \u201ccare,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/correcting-media-narrative-late-term-abortion-a-must\/\">here<\/a> for the truth about late-term abortion, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?s=%22media+matters%22\">here<\/a> for the truth about a rich assortment of other abortion-related lies they\u2019ve told over the years.<\/p>\n<p>As for CMP and the baby-parts scandal, let\u2019s return the favor for the special attention Media Matters gives it. They write:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ninety percent of Fox\u2019s statements about the discredited anti-choice group were inaccurate, with the network usually describing its work as \u201cinvestigative journalism\u201d or failing to mention that it had been refuted by multiple congressional and state investigations [\u2026]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>This is a lie.<\/em> Some state investigations have turned up empty-handed in <em>states where CMP didn\u2019t accuse PP <\/em>of having an organ-transfer program in the first place. But most of the CMP footage was taken in California, which <em>never opened an investigation<\/em> into the charges.<\/p>\n<p>As for the congressional investigation\u2014a half GOP, half Democrat committee that was always going to be limited in what it could accomplish compared to an actual Justice Department investigation\u2014rather than refuting the charges, it still <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2016\/dec\/1\/planned-parenthood-panel-recommends-prosecution-in\/\">managed to recommend<\/a> \u201cthat prosecutors investigate one Planned Parenthood affiliate\u201d and refer \u201ca handful of other organizations for criminal or regulatory probes.\u201d Here\u2019s hoping <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/would-jeff-sessions-investigate-planned-parenthood-attorney-general\/\">Attorney General Jeff Sessions<\/a> pursues a real investigation and prosecution sooner rather than later. Media Matters goes on:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sean Hannity was the only host to invite discredited CMP founder David Daleiden on his show during the 12-month study period. On the April 4 edition of Hannity, the host gave Daleiden an entire segment to propagate his inaccurate, anti-choice claim that Planned Parenthood illicitly sold fetal tissue, which multiple investigations have disproved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Naturally, Media Matters cites no sources for its\u00a0claims that Daleiden has been \u201cdiscredited\u201d or that Planned Parenthood never \u201cillicitly sold fetal tissue,\u201d because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/amanda-marcotte-packs-a-year-of-baby-parts-lies-into-a-single-diatribe\/\">they&#8217;re lies<\/a>, too. First, the fact that the organization <em>sold<\/em> baby parts was never even in dispute\u2014Planned Parenthood\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3962098\/planned-parenthood-fetal-tissue-donations-video\/\">admitted<\/a>\u00a0it\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2015\/10\/13\/448288996\/planned-parenthood-will-no-longer-accept-reimbursement-for-fetal-tissue\">did so<\/a>; it\u00a0simply maintains that the amount for which it\u00a0sold the fetal body parts only covered reimbursement and didn&#8217;t make them a profit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticleAd2\">\n<p><!-- \/1011927\/LAN_300_BY_250_mid_article --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1473179101244-0\" class=\"ArticleAd2a\"><script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1473179101244-0'); });\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Second, as detailed in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/comprehensive-guide-media-matters-lies-spin-behalf-planned-parenthood\/\">comprehensive deconstruction<\/a> of Media Matters\u2019 2015 attempt to exonerate Planned Parenthood, multiple direct quotes strongly suggest that Planned Parenthood did indeed seek profit from the sales\u2014Dr. Deborah Nucatola saying some Planned Parenthood affiliates would like to \u201cdo a little better than break even,\u201d Dr. Mary Gatter negotiating prices because \u201cit has to be big enough that it is worthwhile,\u201d and StemExpress flyers advertising the \u201cfinancially profitable\u201d nature of partnering with them on fetal organ procurement.<\/p>\n<p>No government investigation has turned up an innocent, lawful explanation for these comments, and neither Media Matters nor any other Planned Parenthood apologists have ever seriously accounted for them. As I explained in the piece linked above, the most Media Matters&#8217; spin managed to do was show Planned Parenthood&#8217;s efforts to avoid the <em>perception <\/em>of profiting\u2014not that they didn\u2019t profit.<\/p>\n<p>Many abortion proponents\u00a0truly live in their own fantasy world, and Media Matters has a knack for unintentionally demonstrating just how detached from reality it is. That the movement\u2019s propaganda organs can promote such baseless fictions with a straight face\u2014and get fellow travelers to unblinkingly adopt them\u2014is yet another demonstration that the cult of abortion cannot be reasoned with; it can only be defeated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Matters is at it again, and boy, do they have a whopper for us today. Their latest study, published on Alternet, makes the, er, creative claim that the overwhelming majority of cable news\u2014not just their hated Fox News, but CNN and MSNBC too\u2014is guilty of promoting \u201canti-choice myths.\u201d Yes, that would be the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":69607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[15,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Media Matters nonsensically attacks &#039;anti-choice&#039; bias in cable news. 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