Blackburn and Scalise Outraged by Media Cover-up of Planned Parenthood Scandal and Gosnell Murders
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Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Congressman Steve Scalise (R-LA) were joined by 70 of their House colleagues today demanding national broadcast news channels ABC, NBC, and CBS stop blacking outcoverage on high-profile abortion controversies. Their letters specifically reference two instances where the media has covered up the story of Planned Parenthood lobbying in support of infanticide in the Florida State Legislature and in the ongoing murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia. By many accounts, the Gosnell murder trial has become one of the most notorious cases of patient abuse of mothers and children in our nation's history.
"The broadcasters' blackout of the Planned Parenthood infanticide lobbying scandal and the Gosnell "House of Horrors' murder trial are the biggest and most politically-motivated media cover-ups in our nation's history," said Blackburn. "Censorship and media bias allows the corrupt abortion industry to profit at the expense of innocent women and children. The mainstream media has a responsibility to report the truth, not turn a blind eye to the biggest civil rights issue of our time."
"If someone went into a hospital and shot seven babies and a mother with an AK-47, the media coverage surrounding the trial would rival a natural disaster," Scalise said. "Yet seven babies and a mother are dead at the hands of an abortion doctor using a scalpel, and the mainstream media's silence on this story is deafening.By failing to cover this story and turning their backs on the culture of abortion in this country, the media has failed in their duty to provide unbiased coverage of this horrific tragedy."
Congressman Marsha Blackburn is Vice Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and a Founding Member of the Republican Women's Policy Committee. Congressman Steve Scalise is a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and serves as the Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee.
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