{"id":178205,"date":"2018-01-23T14:31:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T19:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=178205"},"modified":"2018-01-23T14:32:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T19:32:35","slug":"media-bias-march-women-vs-march-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/media-bias-march-women-vs-march-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Media bias clearly seen in coverage of march for women vs. March for Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(NewsBusters<\/a>)\u00a0Time is everything, especially when it comes to understanding the media\u2019s priorities. At the end of January, there were two marches the same weekend both claiming to stand for women. But the network coverage was anything but similar.<\/p>\n

One was for abortion<\/a>, the other was for life. One claimed larger numbers. But the other boasted a presidential address. And the networks that follow President Trump\u2019s every tweet hardly noticed as, for the first time ever, the president addressed the March for Life live via satellite.<\/p>\n

During their morning and evening news shows from Jan. 19 through\u00a0Jan. 22, the three broadcast networks covered the 2018 Women\u2019s March nearly seven times more than the 2018 March for Life. ABC, CBS and NBC combined devoted 25 minutes, 24 seconds on the Women\u2019s March, but just 3 minutes, 46\u00a0seconds on the pro-life rally.<\/p>\n

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Last year, when Vice President Mike Pence and White House counselor Kellyanne Conway spoke from the March for Life stage, the networks covered the event with<\/a> 21 minutes, 52 seconds. This year, they did it in less than 4.<\/div>\n
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On Saturday, Jan. 20, several cities, including Washington, D.C. and New York City, hosted their second annual Women\u2019s March calling for \u201cPower to the Polls.\u201d<\/div>\n

The first Women\u2019s March, held the day after President Trump\u2019s inauguration, aimed to mobilize women to tell the new administration that \u201cwomen\u2019s rights are human rights.\u201d Except, according the march\u2019s pro-abortion platform and its behavior towards pro-life organizations<\/a>, \u201cwomen\u201d doesn\u2019t include all women. That became even clearer when organizers removed pro-life group New Wave Feminists from its partner list<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

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And, when it came to time, the networks prioritized the Women\u2019s March, which boasted America\u2019s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood<\/a>, as a major sponsor.<\/div>\n
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According to organizers, more than 100,000 Americans attended the 45th March for Life<\/a> on Jan. 19. The rally condemns abortion around the anniversary of the Supreme Court\u2019s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion in the U.S. But while the largest annual march in Washington, D.C. regularly attracts massive crowds, the networks refuse to give them \u2013 and the unborn they march for \u2013 the coverage they deserve.<\/div>\n
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Before the Women\u2019s March weekend even began, the networks had already dedicated 6 minutes, 49\u00a0seconds to it — more than they gave to the 2018 March for Life total.<\/div>\n
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One of the first mentions came Jan. 19, when ABC co-anchor George Stephanopoulos interviewed actress Sarah Jessica Parker on Good Morning America<\/em>.<\/div>\n
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