DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Monday, January 26, 2009

New York Times Totally Ignores Pro-Life March of 300,000

WASHINGTON, January 26 /Christian Newswire/ -- BoycottNYT.com editor Don Feder said today The New York Times' total lack of coverage of last Thursday's March for Life demonstrates how the paper's ideology determines its reporting.

"More than 300,000 people assembled in Washington, D.C. [January 22] for the 36th Annual March for Life. But as far as The New York Times is concerned, it never happened," Feder observed. Feder was the keynote speaker at the event's Rose Dinner.

He continued, "If 50,000 feminists had gathered on the Mall in D.C., to demand passage of the so-called Freedom of Choice Act, it would have been above-the- page-one-fold coverage in The Times, accompanied by an aerial photo of the crowd."

Notwithstanding that the March for Life is the largest annual event of its kind in D.C., Feder noted, The Times didn't even run a few sentences on it in the National Briefing box, which summarizes U.S. news.

Feder questioned the paper's decision to disregard the pro-life protest in favor of "non-news" like "No Snickering: That Road Sign Means Something Else" (three-quarters of a page on A6, about signs with a double entendre in the U.K.), "Boise Region Grapples With Smog, a Growing Threat" (a half-page on A12) and "Heat and Drought Blamed for Tree Deaths in West" (A13)."

"Once again, The New York Times makes the news fit its agenda," Feder concluded.

Feder's commentary is available here.

About Boycott The New York Times:
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About Don Feder:
Don Feder is the editor of Boycott The New York Times. A former Boston Herald editorial writer and syndicated political columnist, Feder has appeared on "The O'Reilly Factor," "Hannity and Colmes," "Politically Incorrect," "The 700 Club," "Focus On The Family," "Fox & Friends" and "The Savage Nation." His columns have been read on the air by Rush Limbaugh and Dr. Laura.

To arrange an interview with Don Feder, contact Sarah Schaerr Norton at (202) 364-4401 ext. 107 or sarah.schaerr@aim.org.