In each case the press tripped over themselves to recount every morbid detail, anxious to feed the public's fascination with the macabre...You can take a look at the sickening images shown to the grand jury at your own discretion.
Flash forward to January 2011 when Dr. Kermit Gosnell was arrested in Philadelphia on charges he murdered seven newborns and a woman.
In Gosnell's clinic police found severed baby feet of various sizes kept in see-through containers and bodies of babies in a freezer and in the basement. The upper spinal cords of some of the babies had been severed.
Although Gosnell was charged with eight counts of murder, witnesses have testified he murdered over 100 babies over three decades. If true, this would rank Gosnell as one of the top five known serial killers worldwide of the 20th and 21st Centuries by victim count.Democrat pro-lifer Kirsten Powers wrote a scathing USAToday column yesterday, irate with the liberal media's lack of coverage of both the killer himself and the revealing trial that ensues...
But if you only tune in to broadcast t.v. news, you will have never even heard the name "Gosnell." According to an April 4 open letter demanding coverage of the Gosnell trial from 20 conservative leaders:
"Since the Gosnell trial began three weeks ago, ABC, CBS, and NBC have given the story ZERO seconds of coverage on either their morning or evening news shows. They have not covered Gosnell once since his arrest in January 2011, and even then, only CBS did so."
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?Powers goes on to call out Meet the Press, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and NBC Nightly News, among the major press and broadcast outlets in either burying the story on A-17 or ignoring it altogether...
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. The revolting revelations of Gosnell's former staff, who have been testifying to what they witnessed and did during late-term abortions, should shock anyone with a heart.
"Chaos" isn't really the story here. Butchering babies that were already born and were older than the state's 24-week limit for abortions is the story. There is a reason the late Democratic senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan called this procedure infanticide.
Planned Parenthood recently claimed that the possibility of infants surviving late-term abortions was "highly unusual." The Gosnell case suggests otherwise.
Regardless of such quibbles, about whether Gosnell was killing the infants one second after they left the womb instead of partially inside or completely inside the womb — as in a routine late-term abortion — is merely a matter of geography. That one is murder and the other is a legal procedure is morally irreconcilable.
You don't have to oppose abortion rights to find late-term abortion abhorrent or to find the Gosnell trial eminently newsworthy. This is not about being "pro-choice" or "pro-life." It's about basic human rights.And it's been a disgrace for far too long now. Unfortunately, that's not the only disgrace, as Stanek's piece turns back to the leader of the free world...referring to his pro-post-abortion Senatorial voting record in Illinois, as well as the obvious point of why he nor the MSM will report on this butchery...
The deafening silence of too much of the media, once a force for justice in America, is a disgrace.
See, geography and time are a problem for abortion supporters. Whether in or out of the womb within a 30 second time frame makes proponents squeamish, and as Stanek says, "it leads to other uncomfortable conversations on pain and viability."Indeed, Obama shed a tear for the child victims of the Sandy Hook shooting but has said nothing of Gosnell's baby victims. But we all know Obama would have supported killing the children of Sandy Hook up until, during - and after - the moment of their birth.
Which brings me to the obvious point, nothing earth shattering. The reason the media and pro-abortion politicians are ignoring Gosnell's trial is because Gosnell was an abortionist. Seven of his victims were killed after they had been aborted, and one died after she had aborted.
Why would people who believe in legalized abortion want to shed negative light on bad things that happen during legalized abortions?
Truth be told, I don't think these people consider abortion survivors as real people - or Gosnell a mass murderer.
Calling Gosnell a "mass murderer" for completing abortions outside the uterus brings them too close to pro-lifers who call abortionists mass murderers for completing abortions just a few inches the other way.
Irregardless of their unease, the story of this monster cannot continue to be treated as just another 'local crime' story. We must continue to pound the national media and demand that this case receive the same coverage that the media would otherwise grant to any scandal that would befall a politician (particularly a Republican one) or tragedy that would advance an agenda (especially that of the Left).What does it mean if a post-born baby "jumps" when her spinal cord is severed? Do we seriously want to argue this same baby would have not felt her arms and legs being ripped off in a different location a few minutes earlier? And are we all really okay with aborting babies who could survive outside the uterus if just given a chance?
No, MSM will likely never give the Gosnell story the attention it merits. It's way too uncomfortable. But I think it serves a purpose to continue to hound them on it. No justice, no peace.
Related links: Kirsten Powers, Michelle Malkin quiz the media: #WhoIsKermitGosnell, where’s the coverage?
TweetFest: #Gosnell trends as Twitterers demand an end to the media blackout
Congressman: If Gosnell Killed Babies With a Gun It’d Be National News
Wikipedia Considers Deleting Entry Regarding Kermit Gosnell
Shocking Photo Shows Empty Media Benches at Kermit Gosnell Trial
Why Dr. Kermit Gosnell's Trial Should Be a Front-Page Story
While Ignoring Kermit Gosnell’s Infanticide Trial, MSNBC Wonders If Republicans Are Too Pro-Life…
WaPo Reporter Explains Why She Isn’t Covering Kermit Gosnell Trial…
UPDATE: As of Friday, the three major networks still aren't covering this case. CNN's Anderson Cooper, however, spent nearly half of his program discussing Gosnell with guests. One in particular was David Altrogge, the writer and director of a new documentary 3801 Lancaster, detailing the horrors of Gosnell's clinic and the cover-up by state and local oversight agencies...
