How to read the news
One of the most informative services of your newspaper is providing you is showing what they’re not willing to cover. Like the March for Life on the Mall of Washington that drew over 300,000 people to resolutely protest the legal killing of babies in the womb for 27 years now. And the West Coast Walk for Life, which included the compelling testimony of Abby Johnson, former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic.
Even though the latest polls show that the majority of Americans consider themselves pro-life, the so-called mainsteam news media don’t even attempt to reflect mainstream American views.
As I mentioned earlier, the Chicago Tribune did a series of stories of prominent placement on the little rallies (100 or so people, max?) in support of comedian Conan O’Brien. Just to put this in a framework…
Most media ignored it. Whatever big media did say, tended toward the slanted. But let’s look at this…”Antiabortion” is in the headling of this WaPo story. That’s not as surprising as the fact they covered it at all.
“I went to the March for Life rally Friday on the Mall expecting to write about its irrelevance. Isn’t it quaint, I thought, that these abortion protesters show up each year on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, even though the decision still stands after 37 years. What’s more, with a Democrat in the White House likely to appoint justices who support abortion rights, surely the Supreme Court isn’t going to overturn Roe in the foreseeable future.
“How wrong I was. The antiabortion movement feels it’s gaining strength, even if it’s not yet ready to predict ultimate triumph, and Roe supporters (including me) are justifiably nervous.
“As always, we in Washington enjoy an up-close view of the health of various causes because of the city’s role as the nation’s most important setting for political demonstrations. In this case, I was especially struck by the large number of young people among the tens of thousands at the march. It suggests that the battle over abortion will endure for a long time to come.
“We are the pro-life generation,” said signs carried by the crowd, about half its members appearing to be younger than 30. There were numerous large groups of teenagers, many bused in by Roman Catholic schools and youth groups. They and their adult leaders said the youths were taught from an early age to oppose abortion.
“People our age are going to be the ones to change, to be the future leaders,” said Lauren Powers, 16, who came with a group from an all-girls Catholic school in Milwaukee.”
This is an ephiphany for those liberal media members willing to even look at this story, so kudos to Robert McCartney, in a simplistic sort of way. This is foreign territory for them. But they’re listening….some of them….
“Young people in the March for Life said they thought they were more opposed to abortion than people in their parents’ generation because they had more information about the issue, in part because of their education.
“We start learning early on why it’s wrong. I don’t think they got the chance to do that,” said Kelly Brennan, 17, who came here with a group from Archbishop Ryan High School in Philadelphia.”
Isn’t it biblical that ‘a child shall lead them’?
