{"id":96550,"date":"2016-06-23T13:02:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T17:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=96550"},"modified":"2016-06-23T13:32:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T17:32:53","slug":"planned-parenthood-bestows-awards-on-13-journalists-at-annual-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-bestows-awards-on-13-journalists-at-annual-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Planned Parenthood bestows awards on 13 journalists at annual gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Planned Parenthood recently celebrated their 100th anniversary with their National Conference Gala in Washington, DC. The party opened with a performance from embattled pop star Kesha, who sang John Lennon&#8217;s &#8220;Imagine&#8221;. Valerie Jarrett was present, and comedian Carmen Esposito was the host. The party ended with dancing to a performance by singer\/songwriter Shamir. It was apparently a huge party.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CecileRichards\">@CecileRichards<\/a>: &#8220;We&#8217;ve been waiting 100 years for this night!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PPGala16?src=hash\">#PPGala16<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandWithPP?src=hash\">#StandWithPP<\/a> ??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mo0louD61E\">pic.twitter.com\/mo0louD61E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Planned Parenthood (@PPact) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PPact\/status\/741080065849602048\">June 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But the biggest source of excitement was finding out who would win awards for doing the best job of covering up Planned Parenthood&#8217;s crimes and misdeeds. And Katie Yoder at Newsbusters has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/culture\/katie-yoder\/2016\/06\/21\/guess-who-planned-parenthood-awards-13-journalists-100th\">this year&#8217;s list<\/a>, with <em>Democracy NOW!<\/em> host and executive producer Amy Goodman winning the highest honor for defending Planned Parenthood from the videos released by the Center for Medical Progress.<\/p>\n<p>The other winners were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunnivie Brydum and Mitch Kellaway of The Advocate, for \u201cFighting to Free Ky Peterson on Trans Liberation Tuesday,\u201d \u201cFeds Probe Georgia\u2019s Treatment of LGBT Prisoners\u201d and \u201cWe Must Talk About Violence Against Trans Men\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Zuri and Staceyann Chin of Living Room Protest, for \u201cWe Stand with Planned Parenthood!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow of Call Your Girlfriend<\/li>\n<li>Imani Gandi of Rewire, for \u201cHow False Narratives of Margaret Sanger Are Being Used to Shame Black Women\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Dani McClain of The Nation, for \u201cLong-Acting Contraception Makes Teen Pregnancy Rates Plummet. So Why Are Some Women Still Skeptical?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Alex Morris of Rolling Stone, for \u201cThe War on Planned Parenthood\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Caitlin Moscatello of Cosmopolitan, for \u201cHow to Have a Safe Abortion\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Raquel Reichard of Latina, for \u201cPlanned Parenthood \u2013 A Latina Lifeline Under Fire\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Kayla Webley of Marie Claire, for \u201cMission Critical\u201d or \u201cOn the Front Lines of the Abortion Wars\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It must have been really, really hard for Planned Parenthood to narrow the list down to just 13 journalists. After all, <a href=\"\/news\/planned-parenthood-tells-media-stay-silent-latest-undercover-video\/\">the media follows Planned Parenthood&#8217;s orders<\/a>, remaining silent when Planned Parenthood tells them to, <a href=\"\/news\/study-networks-dont-report-dangers-of-abortion-to-women\/\">hiding the dangers of abortion to women<\/a>, <a href=\"\/news\/media-minimize-march-life-video-proves-wrong\/\">minimizing the pro-life movement<\/a>, or <a href=\"\/news\/fudging-numbers-media-misrepresents-tx-planned-parenthood-study\/\">spreading debunked Planned Parenthood studies<\/a>. It&#8217;s no wonder that <a href=\"\/news\/planned-parenthood-eco-grateful-for-biased-pro-abortion-media\/\">CEO Cecile Richards is\u00a0so thankful for the media<\/a>\u00a0and is handing out awards.\u00a0They carry a lot of water for her.<\/p>\n<p>Planned Parenthood couldn&#8217;t continue its spin\u00a0without help from the complicit pro-abortion media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planned Parenthood recently celebrated their 100th anniversary with their National Conference Gala in Washington, DC. The party opened with a performance from embattled pop star Kesha, who sang John Lennon&#8217;s &#8220;Imagine&#8221;. Valerie Jarrett was present, and comedian Carmen Esposito was the host. The party ended with dancing to a performance by singer\/songwriter Shamir. 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