Massive Religious Lawsuit Eclipsed on CNN by 'Stroller Brigade' Protest of About 100
CNN devoted over twice the air-time to a "stroller moms" protest against toxic chemicals than it did to the biggest religious lawsuit in U.S. history filed Monday.
A dozen lawsuits filed by 43 Catholic institutions against the Obama administration merited only news briefs on Monday with one full segment on Tuesday morning. The coverage totaled under seven minutes. In contrast, CNN gave almost 18 minutes to a march of about 100 people pushing for a Democratic-sponsored bill.
CNN's double-standard echoes the failure of the major networks to give the story its due coverage. ABC skipped covering the lawsuit entirely on Monday and Tuesday, while NBC gave it a scant 20-second glance on Tuesday morning. CBS did issue a full report on the lawsuits Tuesday morning, as well as a news brief on Monday evening.
The lawsuits were filed Monday by parties including the Archdioceses of New York and Washington, the University of Notre Dame, and the Catholic University of America. The groups sued the administration for its birth control mandate, that would not exclude Catholic institutions from having to fund practices violating Church teaching in their employee health insurance plans.
Meanwhile, the "stroller brigade" march in Washington, D.C. pushed for greater oversight of toxic chemicals in household products and called for the passage of the Democrat-sponsored "Safe Chemicals Act." CNN included soundbites of Democratic senators and protesters in its coverage.
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Moms? I see no strollers. Not one.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 1:33pm.
Even the dumbest lib knows you always bring along the kids as props.
Therefore I surmise this is just another gathering of screeching female moonbats.
Did they get their photo ops mixed up?
Submitted by bigdaddy on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 1:42pm.
Maybe this was the group that was supposed to show up wearing lab coats and pretending to be medical workers?
I often wonder
Submitted by NOLAgirl on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 1:42pm.
if people participate in marches like this just so they can say they did. Sort of like getting bragging rights. They will be old women sitting on the front porch talking about their crazy days of protesting... Much ado about nothing.
what lawsuits?
Submitted by MidAmerica on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 3:30pm.
media has their fingers in their ears, eyes shut tight while yelling...
stroller brigade! stroller brigade! stroller brigade!!!!
Two reasons for this happening
Submitted by Bettendor on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 4:13pm.
1. It's pure laziness on the part of the TV networks. A lawsuit filing, even one as big as the one by the Catholics, doesn't provide the kind of pictures that a protest does. The sight of a group of women, even one as small as this one, is considered more visually appealing than the sight of a Catholic officials walking or talking to the ones in charge at the networks.
2. I've said this, but it's diversionary tactics. A massive lawsuit filed by the Catholic Church against the federal government and a man the media considers a popular President? Can't have that. Instead, let's show this mildly interesting yet insignificant story that have little to no substance. The media has been feeding us a steady of entertainment (witness the rise of groups like the cast of Jersey Shore, for example) instead of providing real solid news because it's easier to get and it sadly gets the ratings, as in the public remains blissfully unaware of anything potentially wrong going on.
CNN must be doing something right in their decisions as to what
Submitted by Rush Fan on Wed, 05/23/2012 - 4:17pm.
is newsworthy. Why else would their ratings receive so much publicity recently?