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Planned Parenthood’s PR Firm Is Asking Reporters Not To Air Undercover Video
dailycaller.com ^ | 07/28/2015 | Chuck Ross

Posted on 07/29/2015 6:07:19 PM PDT by Morgana

One of the largest public relations firms in Washington D.C. circulated a memo Monday night urging members of the media to refrain from airing damning videos of Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of organs and tissue of aborted fetuses.

Politico is reporting that Planned Parenthood hired SKDKnickerbocker to help manage blowback from the videos, which were produced by the pro-life Center for Medical Progress.

According to Politico, SKDKnickerbocker sent the memo to unnamed “reporters and producers” asking them to blackball the videos — the third of which was released on Tuesday.

“The extremists who entered Planned Parenthood labs under false pretenses violated research protocol, and, worse, violated the privacy of patients involved,” the memo says, according to Politico. “Those patients’ privacy should not be further violated by having this footage shared by the media.”

Politico itself may have gotten SKDKnickerbocker’s message. As flagged by The Federalist, the outlet sent a tweet of its scoop at around noon on Tuesday noting that the PR firm “circulated a memo” to reporters and news producers. That tweet was later deleted, however. Politico did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The videos have created a public relations disaster for the abortion group. The callous nature of the discussions in the videos has led some members of Congress to propose defunding Planned Parenthood.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; plannedparenthood; prolife
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1 posted on 07/29/2015 6:07:20 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana
Twenty five years ago even leftist reporters would've scoffed at Planned Parenthood's request.

Today they'll bend over in a heartbeat. Anything for the agenda.

2 posted on 07/29/2015 6:09:40 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Morgana

Great plan.

While you’re at it ask all horse drawn-carriages not to distribute the videos and ask the operators of ice-houses not to provide refrigeration services to those media outlets who ignore PP’s requests.

The internet is where most people under 70 now get their news, which explains why the only advertisers for network newscasts are ED and geriatric pharmaceuticals.

Perhaps someone could provide these ass-hats with the mailing address for the internet so they can compose a strongly worded letter?


3 posted on 07/29/2015 6:12:59 PM PDT by Junk Silver
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To: skeeter

These aren’t reporters today. They are JINOs. Journalists in name only.


4 posted on 07/29/2015 6:15:40 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ("Psychopathia Sexualis, I'm in love with a horse that comes from Dallas" - Lenny Bruce (1958))
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To: skeeter

Regardless, it’s all going to come out.
The time has come....and what was hidden will be exposed.

And Rachel will weep over her children


5 posted on 07/29/2015 6:16:17 PM PDT by Guenevere (If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do........Psalms 11:3..An Appeal to Heaven)
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To: Morgana

oh, too bad PLanned Parenthood, every video should be released and PLanned Parenthood illegal behavior should be criminally charged with their actions. This PR firm and their other clients should be outed and shamed to drop Planned Parenthood.


6 posted on 07/29/2015 6:16:31 PM PDT by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: Junk Silver

Youtube will probably force the videos to be removed. They did it to Michelle Malkin’s videos at times and they’ve done it to others.


7 posted on 07/29/2015 6:16:42 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ("Psychopathia Sexualis, I'm in love with a horse that comes from Dallas" - Lenny Bruce (1958))
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To: Morgana
unreal.

The US leftist media needs to be raided under the Rico act.

Do you ever imagine the radical left would seize complete power over the media.

a frightening world we live in.

8 posted on 07/29/2015 6:17:20 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Amnesty-media out in full force)
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To: Morgana

Why not?

Abortion is the greatest thing in the world, isn’t it? “A woman’s right to choose.” It’s a gigantic winner in the public arena, isn’t it? That’s the message that’s been shoved down our throats since 1973 anyway.

Isn’t their PR firm competent? Have they no talent at all? Can’t they hire a “framing expert” like George Lakoff (rhymes with) to explain how these videos are actually great, they’re “a woman’s choice” in action.

I would think any left-wing bunch of PR BS artists could set it up so this would be a huge win for PP.


9 posted on 07/29/2015 6:17:23 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Morgana

Wednesday’s daily special- TWO black baby arms for the price of a white baby liver!


10 posted on 07/29/2015 6:19:03 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Ob)
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To: Morgana

Beyonce said the 1st amendment should be repealed and America listened.


11 posted on 07/29/2015 6:20:09 PM PDT by samtheman (Trump/Cruz '16)
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To: a fool in paradise

“They are JINOs. Journalists in name only.”

What is worse half the time they need an English class.


12 posted on 07/29/2015 6:21:45 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

Air?
We didn’t air it. it went out over cable
We didn’t air it in context either. It was out of context so what’s the objection?
It does not show what it seems to show.
After all, the selective editing means it must have been reworked, so if the video is wrong, why is it objectionable?


13 posted on 07/29/2015 6:24:04 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder
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To: Morgana

If they can’t find a trending news item on twitter, facebook, or youtube, it isn’t worth covering in the first place.


14 posted on 07/29/2015 6:25:45 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ("Psychopathia Sexualis, I'm in love with a horse that comes from Dallas" - Lenny Bruce (1958))
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To: skeeter

It is impossible to violate a patient’s privacy when names and/or other specific identifying information are not divulged.
“Planned” Parenthood is really, really afraid. Good. The day of reckoning is at hand.


15 posted on 07/29/2015 6:26:23 PM PDT by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: a fool in paradise
Youtube will probably force the videos to be removed. They did it to Michelle Malkin’s videos at times and they’ve done it to others.

Fortunately, YouTube does not have a monopoly. See Vimeo, Liveleak, and gloria.tv as examples.

16 posted on 07/29/2015 6:27:09 PM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: a fool in paradise
BTW, I looked.

First video at gloria.tv.

Second video at gloria.tv.

Third video at gloria.tv.

They can't make it disappear.

17 posted on 07/29/2015 6:31:42 PM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: Morgana
Obviously, Congress needs to subpoena ALL those videos and play them at a hearing...turning copies of the evidence over to the media (including those who will publicly post them online).
18 posted on 07/29/2015 6:32:49 PM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: Morgana

Our media will ignore them because our media is so unbiased and nonpartisan....


19 posted on 07/29/2015 6:33:09 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: Morgana

I want to throw a bit of fuel in the fire here and educate & alert people about abortions in “islamic” culture(s).
It happens all the time in “islamic” society -they aren’t back alley either. In Iran there are dr’s. who perform this service regularly albeit word of mouth and if a female has “fooled around” & is no longer a virgin, sewing up someone to restore their virginity is not uncommon.

I wonder what the Islamic Republic of Iran does with their baby parts? Of course, SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER!

Wiki seems to have best synopsis on Abortion in Iran.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Iran

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Turkey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Saudi_Arabia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Armenia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Russia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Israel


20 posted on 07/29/2015 6:36:14 PM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns (Shrimp Egg Foo Young- A tasty dish! gravy on the side please)
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