On Sunday’s Good Morning America, following a story about two long-lost sisters meeting each other for the first time while attending Columbia University, co-host Paula Faris wound up summarizing pro-life beliefs: “I love that the mom – she’s met one of the daughters – but she said, ‘I'm glad that I chose to give them a chance at life,’ too. Because she was a teen mom.”
In the prior report, correspondent Linzie Janis explained: “The two women were adopted as babies by different families. [Katy] Olson growing up in Florida and Iowa, [Lizzie] Velverde in New Jersey. The pair now catching up on so much lost time.”
Faris hailed it as “a great, heartwarming story.” Fellow co-host Dan Harris added: “Incredible. Great story.”
By contrast, in 2014, GMA weekday co-host Robin Roberts conducted a lengthy softball interview with left-wing Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis, proclaiming: “She made national headlines, you know, last year by speaking for 13 consecutive hours in those pink running shoes to stop a vote restricting abortion. Now she’s running for governor of Texas.”
Here are excerpts of the May 17 segment:
8:15 AM ET
PAULA FARIS: And this next story we love. It’s about a college reunion and the ultimate chance encounter. An incredible coincidence was revealed when two women in the same class at Columbia University, well, they started talking to one another and what happened next? The thirty-somethings...
DAN HARRIS: Shocked to discover that they were actually long-lost sisters. What are the odds?(...)
LINZIE JANIS: The two women were adopted as babies by different families. [Katy] Olson growing up in Florida and Iowa, [Lizzie] Velverde in New Jersey. The pair now catching up on so much lost time.
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FARIS: I love that. I love that the mom – she’s met one of the daughters – but she said, “I'm glad that I chose to give them a chance at life,” too. Because she was a teen mom. She says, “Look, they’ve become two beautiful women.” But such a great, heartwarming story. And the chances of that happening.
HARRIS: Monday’s gonna be a big day, graduation and meeting the mom. Incredible. Great story.
