Posted on 04/06/2007 12:28:08 PM PDT by wagglebee
New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- Saying that Rudy Giuliani's position in favor of states forcing taxpayers to fund abortions could be too much for pro-life Republican primary supporters to support, CBS News is coming under fire for calling the position "moderate." That's despite polls showing a large majority of Americans oppose tax-funded abortions.
In an article on Giuliani's position, CBS News used the headline: "Is Rudy Too Moderate?"
Ken Shepherd, the managing editor for NewsBusters and a former analyst at the Media Research Center, says CBS News is wrong to label Giuliani's pro-abortion views as "moderate."
"The belief that abortion is not only a constitutional right but one deserving of subsidy by tax dollars is hardly a moderate position," he said. "It's a policy position grounded in advocacy of the exercise of the right to obtain an abortion."
"It may arguably be 'moderate' for a candidate to favor abortion rights but with some restrictions, such as a ban on partial-birth abortion, parental consent laws, a ban on public financing, etc," Shepherd added.
"But to defend taxpayer funding of abortion and/or to balk at banning partial-birth abortion moves solidly into the 'liberal' edge of the spectrum on the abortion issue," he said.
The news outlet also makes the claim that "Giuliani's approach hasn't seemed to hurt him in the polls or on the fundraising front."
However, an April 2004 Zogby International showed that 74% of Americans disagree with federal funding of abortion.
Meanwhile, in a CBS News Gallup Poll taken last month, 18% of Republican participants said abortion was the most important single issue to them when voting for a candidate. Among Republicans who cite abortion as a primary motivator in voting, the vast majority are pro-life.
Well, 10% of FReepers are claiming that this position is "conservative."
I wonder if it concerns any of the Rudyite FRiberals that seeBS is pushing Rudy.
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B. they call attention to Rudy’s past position on the subject long ago. So they undermine the Republican they most fear.
Obviously Howard Dean and his friends at CBS are afraid of Rudy.
Simple choice...
I prefer option B: Wait until after the primaries to make a choice.
Neither. It will be Gore - V - Thompson.
Really? I don't recall either of them winning nomination.
As far as Hitlery goes, are you aware that the 'Rat frontrunner GENERALLY DOES NOT WIN the nomination?
Perhaps you should research the following "frontrunners":
Scoop Jackson, Mo Udall, Gary Hart, Paul Tsongas, Jerry Brown and Howard Dean.
Maybe he will promise free Hand Guns for Men!
Damn. That’s right, Rudy wants to ban hand guns.
No, obviously the left has the ammunition to DESTROY Rudy once he has the nomination and it's too late, that's why they are pushing him now.
Heck, at the rate Rudy is going, he's doing the work of the MSM for them.
Gawd, the comment is two days old. There is no way they can make that determination in that short of a time.
Methinks the MSM wants Rudy to survive this abortion ordeal.
Wow, that would be something to behold. Algore would be made to look like a puppy dog.
just because every rudy booster repeats the line doesn’t make it true.
There is one person rudy can surely beat - and that’s rudy.
Nope! Rudy’s in to fold to hilarry, he has no intention of winning. Hillary has had 2 terms already.
The media WANTS Rudy to be the nominee and there can only be one reason —THEY KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT HIM THAT WILL DESTROY HIM IN THE GENERAL ELECTION AND THEY WILL HOLD IT UNTIL HE HAS SECURED THE NOMINATION.
Uh...don’t you think it’s a little early to be making such dire predictions?
Oh yeah, I can’t wait.
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