Posted on 07/17/2019 6:53:21 PM PDT by Morgana
After Tuesday’s CBS Evening News ignored the embarrassing leadership shake-up at Planned Parenthood, on Wednesday, CBS This Morning managed a minute of air time to discuss the abortion group’s president, Dr. Leana Wen, being fired by the organization’s board after just eight months at the helm. Liberal co-host and Democratic donor Gayle King was “disappointed” by the news.
“Planned Parenthood president Dr. Leana Wen has been forced out of the organization after only eight months,” correspondent Vladimir Duthiers reported during the morning show’s What to Watch segment late in the 7:00 a.m. ET hour. He explained that Wen took to social media and “indicated the board wanted more emphasis on political advocacy” rather than her focus on “Planned Parenthood’s role as a provider of health care services.”
Duthiers touted Wen’s recent appearance on the broadcast: “In May, she joined CTM and called the abortion fight a ‘public health crisis.’” A clip ran of Wen telling the hosts: “We at Planned Parenthood are proud to provide the full spectrum of reproductive health care, cancer screenings, affordable birth control, STI/HIV test, and yes, safe, legal abortion care. Because that’s what it is. It’s health care.”
During that softball interview in May, Wen was given a friendly platform to promote the nation’s largest abortion provider and co-host Tony Dokoupil even cheered that “donations are going up” to the group.
On Wednesday, Duthiers fretted that “Wen’s departure from Planned Parenthood comes at a time when some states are passing severe restrictions on abortion.” Then King chimed in: “I was certainly sorry to hear that....I know she was so committed and so passionate about this job. I was very disappointed to hear this.”
King seemed eager to praise liberal activists as “passionate” and “committed,” she used the same words to describe left-wing members of Congress earlier in the morning, following a largely softball exclusive interview with them.
Wrapping up the apparently sad story about Wen’s departure from Planned Parenthood, Duthiers fondly pointed out: “And it was interesting, because she was the first physician to head the organization in almost 50 years. And she wanted to put the emphasis on women.”
While CBS’s coverage was sorrowful, at least the network noticed the turmoil at Planned Parenthood. ABC has yet to even mention the story.
On Tuesday, NBC was the first of the Big Three to report on the topic, with a full report on Nightly News. On Wednesday, Today show co-host Craig Melvin offered this news brief at the top of the 8:00 a.m. ET hour:
The president of Planned Parenthood was abruptly removed Tuesday after just eight months in that job. Dr. Leana Wen said she and the Planned Parenthood board had philosophical differences over the direction the organization should take. Dr. Wen disagreed with what she describes as the board’s increased focus on abortion rights advocacy. She maintains that the best way to build support for abortion care is to be clear that it’s a health care issue, not a political one.
Here is a full transcript of the July 17 report on CBS This Morning: (on link)
There’s SO MANY things in life to be passionate about.
Who picks pushing abortions!?!?!
No matter how “passionate” the murdered babies would have been had they lived, they will never have that chance.
Just how loud does a fetal heart beat have to POUND before it is a human being ?
Yes tens of millions of infants murdered is certainly a crisis.
Settle dow Gayle your children and grandchildren will get their chance.
So a DOCTOR who actually tried to do what Planned Parenthood claims they are about, women’s health is gone in less than a year, becaus eplanned parenthood is and has never been about health care...
Period.
Guess Wen is gay.
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