More liberal censorship
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genuineoriginal
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Networks Cover Panda Cub’s Debut 26x More than March for Life
Tens of thousands of Americans filled Washington, D.C., Friday for the annual March for Life commemorating the nearly 60 million babies snuffed out since 1973’s Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. During their nationally broadcast news shows following the march (Friday night to Monday morning) ABC, CBS and NBC totally ignored the event – except as a casual reference to a group stranded in the snow. At the same time, the three networks dedicated more than nine-and-a-half minutes – 26 times more than the march – on the debut of the National Zoo’s cub last weekend. Journalists don’t care about the unborn, but they care about the newly born if they happen to be adorable animals.
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Networks Cover Panda Cub’s Debut 26x More than March for Life
Tens of thousands of Americans filled Washington, D.C., Friday for the annual March for Life commemorating the nearly 60 million babies snuffed out since 1973’s Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. During their nationally broadcast news shows following the march (Friday night to Monday morning) ABC, CBS and NBC totally ignored the event – except as a casual reference to a group stranded in the snow. At the same time, the three networks dedicated more than nine-and-a-half minutes – 26 times more than the march – on the debut of the National Zoo’s cub last weekend. Journalists don’t care about the unborn, but they care about the newly born if they happen to be adorable animals.
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Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication or other information which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by governments, media outlets, authorities or other groups or institutions.
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Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication or other information which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by governments, media outlets, authorities or other groups or institutions.
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This sure looks like the "suppression of information which may be considered politically incorrect as determined by media outlets" to me.
Better question: Why does anyone consider the March for Life newsworthy anymore?
Seriously. How is it a big news story? People in Washington protested a cause. Uh, great. Get in line. What makes this story special or unique on the forty-third anniversary of Roe v. Wade? Fortieth or fiftieth I could understand, but forty-three years later? To be perfectly blunt, so what if they were there? It's not a significant story. Talk about over-estimating your own importance.
Does no one here understand how news actually works?
Seriously. How is it a big news story? People in Washington protested a cause. Uh, great. Get in line. What makes this story special or unique on the forty-third anniversary of Roe v. Wade? Fortieth or fiftieth I could understand, but forty-three years later? To be perfectly blunt, so what if they were there? It's not a significant story. Talk about over-estimating your own importance.
Does no one here understand how news actually works?
I do. I work in the industry, selecting stories.
Large protests are great draws for reporters, photographers and editors because the stories pretty much write themselves and material is easy to generate, while there is always that chance of something more exciting happening than people walking and chanting.
And people walking and chanting is good enough for 450 words of copy. Add a picture and you've got one-fifth of a newspaper page.
I saw one AP story after this march, which was cast in the least pro-life fashion possible.
When it comes to issues of importance, like opposing baby killing, the media is just like you: willing to do anything to keep the industry alive.
"Selective media coverage" can be used as a synonym for censorship.
For instance, here in Sodomy and Gonorrhea North (Seattle), if a half dozen "Black Lives Matters" protestors gather, the liberal media slobbers all over themselves thoroughly covering the story. A few thousand pro life people gathering at the State Capitol in Olympia on the other hand...
ok doser
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you can do whatever you want :idunno:
I wish he would do this one. :chuckle:
Sitamun
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No it can't. Freedom of speech alone does not guarantee airtime.
genuineoriginal
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It isn't so much that they didn't report a story we think is newsworthy.
It is about exposing the bias in suppressing a story about tens of thousands of people braving a winter storm to protest against abortion in Washington DC while continuing to publish stories like this:
Pro-Choice Rally Draws Hundreds To Arkansas State Capitol
Jose Fly
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You say that, but then.....
IOW, you believe that type of story is worthy of news coverage.
Well yeah....that rally was in Arkansas, so the Arkansas media covered it. Local event = local coverage. However, the OP is a complaint about the national media (and even then, they had to concede that CBS did cover it).
Originally Posted by aCultureWarrior
"Selective media coverage" can be used as a synonym for censorship.
For instance, here in Sodomy and Gonorrhea North (Seattle), if a half dozen "Black Lives Matters" protestors gather, the liberal media slobbers all over themselves thoroughly covering the story. A few thousand pro life people gathering at the State Capitol in Olympia on the other hand...
Especially if the media is owned and operated by the left.
One of the reasons more people of faith should get involved in journalism: so that the truth won't be censored.
"Selective media coverage" can be used as a synonym for censorship.
For instance, here in Sodomy and Gonorrhea North (Seattle), if a half dozen "Black Lives Matters" protestors gather, the liberal media slobbers all over themselves thoroughly covering the story. A few thousand pro life people gathering at the State Capitol in Olympia on the other hand...
Especially if the media is owned and operated by the left.
One of the reasons more people of faith should get involved in journalism: so that the truth won't be censored.