Media finally covering abortionist’s murder trial

Media finally covering abortionist’s murder trial April 15, 2013

In Philadelphia, the abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell is on trial for capital murder, having killed a patient through his ineptitude and babies born alive through his cruelty.  The major media has up-to-now pretty much ignored this trial, but is now giving it some attention, thanks in part to a twitter campaign started by Lutheran journalist Mollie Hemingway.

From Matthew Block at  Twitter Users Force Big Media to Cover Abortion Doctor’s Trial » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog:

After weeks of growing frustration, pro-lifers took to Twitter en masse Friday to express disbelief and outrage over media silence on the multiple-murder trial of American abortion provider Kermit Gosnell. And the media, at least some of it, seems to be listening.

The outrage was almost certainly precipitated by Kirsten Powers’ Thursday column for USA Today: “Philadelphia abortion clinic: We’ve forgotten what belongs on page one.” In that piece, Powers writes a scathing critique of major news agencies for ignoring the story. She begins:

“Infant beheadings. Severed baby feet in jars. A child screaming after it was delivered alive during an abortion procedure. Haven’t heard about these sickening accusations? It’s not your fault. Since the murder trial of Pennsylvania abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell began March 18, there has been precious little coverage of the case that should be on every news show and front page.”

None of the three major television networks in the United States had mentioned it. Nor had major newspapers like the Washington Post published any original articles on the trial. This despite the fact that testimony (and the Grand Jury report leading up to the trial) has been horrifying: teenagers being told to administer anesthetics without medical training; aborted infants stored in the refrigerator next to employees’ lunches; accusations of preferential treatment for patients based on race; babies born alive who had their spines subsequently snipped by Gosnell and his staff; seventeen years of government, accrediting agencies, and hospitals looking the other way despite numerous complaints of medical negligence at the clinic.

Following the publication of Powers’ article, Mollie Ziegler Hemingway of GetReligion took to Twitter, directly asking reporters why they and their news agencies were ignoring the story. Other Twitter uses started doing the same. And pro-life agencies began organizing a “Tweetfest” for Friday, asking people to highlight media blackout on the story by using the hashtag #Gosnell.

Read the rest of the post, which includes links to the various articles.

But, you know what?  I bet Gosnell gets acquitted, or at least convicted of a far lesser crime that gets him no jail time, much less the death penalty that prosecutors are seeking.

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