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200,000 March for Life – Networks Give Them 15 Seconds

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Katie Yoder
January 23rd, 2015 11:37 AM

On Jan 22, 200,000 people descended on Washington, D.C. for the annual March for Life, commemorating the 57 million babies destroyed since 1973’s Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Of the three broadcast networks, only CBS mentioned the 2015 March for Life, allotting it just 15 seconds. That’s one second for every 13,000 people who put work and school aside and traveled from as far away as…

 

Pro-Life Leaders Slam Nets on March for Life Coverage

Katie Yoder
January 31st, 2014 2:10 PM
One week later, and the networks have long forgotten about their scant coverage of the March for Life – after all, they have a whole year before they have to ignore it again. The pro-life movement, however, has forgotten neither the March nor the unserious and insulting way the broadcast networks reported on it – or didn’t.  As CMI reported last week, ABC and NBC gave just 46 seconds of air…
 

Thousands Brave Freezing Temps to ‘March for Life

Katie Yoder
January 23rd, 2014 6:00 PM

You may not have heard about it – the broadcast networks gave it only 46 seconds of news time – but hundreds of thousands of anti-abortion protestors from all walks of life gathered on the national mall Wednesday to march to the Supreme Court At the 41st annual March for Life, hundreds of youth groups, families, churches and religious leaders were there, as expected. But also college groups,…

 

Networks Covered Baby Panda 6X More than March for Life

Katie Yoder
January 23rd, 2014 3:42 PM
Is it too much to ask for Americans to get their news from serious adults? Yes, there’s always been bias in media reporting, but it’s hard to imagine journalists who once crossed Europe with Patton cooing “Pandas are magic” into the camera while a real story of genocide is being told in the streets.  But that’s where we are. On Wednesday, hundreds of thousands braved freezing temperatures to…
 

MSNBC’s Jansing Shocked That Pope Francis Opposes Abortion

Jeffrey Meyer
January 22nd, 2014 2:55 PM
Today marks the 41st annual “March for Life” in which thousands of pro-lifers ascend on Washington D.C. to mark the Roe v. Wade decision and show their solidarity in opposition to abortion, many of them faithful Catholics. Not surprisingly, Pope Francis sent out an official tweet showing his support for the “March for Life” in which he said, “I join the March for Life in Washington with my…
 

MRC Plans 'March for Life' Documentary

Katie Yoder
January 15th, 2014 11:09 AM
Each year, the March for Life is by far the largest annual rally in Washington, D.C., and each year, it’s met with a near-black-out from major media. But for 2014, there’s a way for the pro-life movement to change that. In a new initiative to combat media censorship on abortion, the Media Research Center (MRC) is inviting marchers to donate video for a documentary on the movement the media hide…