Posted on 06/28/2022 12:49:55 PM PDT by Morgana
Are CNN and MSNBC the official mouthpieces of the abortion movement?
Since the leak of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization draft decision, leftwing cable networks have conducted 65 televised interviews with Planned Parenthood employees, amounting to over four hours of airtime.
MRC analysts combed all 6:00am to 12:00am ET coverage on CNN and MSNBC between May 2 – the date the draft was leaked – and June 27, and found that former and current Planned Parenthood officials had appeared as guests a combined total of 65 times. That amounts to more than one interview per day on average.
MSNBC conducted 48 such interviews during the specified 57-day period, while CNN was responsible for the remaining 17. These interviews amounted to a combined 251 minutes (4 hours and 11 minutes).
On both May 2 and June 24, MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell hosted the same three Planned Parenthood-affiliated guests within a single hour: Cecile Richards, the organization’s former president; Kelley Robinson, the current vice president of advocacy and organizing; and Minnesota Senator Tina Smith, whom the Planned Parenthood Action Fund notes is “the highest ranking former Planned Parenthood executive in U.S. politics.”
By any measure, an average of more than one interview per day over nearly two months is remarkably high. This frequency indicates just how friendly a relationship Planned Parenthood enjoys with these two networks – which in turn speaks volumes about the political agenda being pushed at CNN and MSNBC.
This longstanding friendship between the leftwing media and Planned Parenthood also recently resulted in a classic “revolving door” scenario for former CBS reporter Kate Smith. This past April, a mere 10 months after leaving her abortion-focused beat at CBS, Smith was hired by Planned Parenthood as their senior director of news content. She has since represented the organization in two friendly interviews on CNN’s Reliable Sources.
Given how emotionally invested the leftwing media are in the institution of abortion, it’s no surprise that they would have an equally fond view of the nation’s largest abortion provider.
Psychojewea has mentioned opening PP clinics in our National Parks.
Vampires
Do any so-called journalists ask anyone why Planned Parenthood clinics are shutting down if, as they have claimed, they provide many services besides abortion?
The cash will be drying up. The “only 3% of their business is abortion” lie is coming home to roost.
Right - they claim 97% of their business is not abortion. They should still have plenty to do.
That was, and has always been, a lie. Their apologists got that number by including every single solitary thing as a “service” - like trying to argue a hamburger chain only does 3% hamburger business by counting the napkin, straw, cup, serving tray, wrapper, etc. as a separate service.
The MSM is going to go wall-to-wall with abortion 24-7 from now on. There won’t be anything else, at least until the next mass casualty event. They’ll give that one or two news cycles, depending on if doing so will help the gun control agenda. In either event, they’ll go back to abortion 24-7 immediately after.
That means 3% of their revenue comes from patients. The other 97% comes from selling fetal body parts.
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