Planned Parenthood

Pelosi Tells Tapper on Planned Parenthood: 'I Don't Stipulate That These Videos Are Real’
By Melissa Mullins | September 28, 2015 | 1:03 PM EDT

On CNN’s State of the Union, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi was asked by Jake Tapper if she had seen any of the undercover videos that showed Planned Parenthood executives casually talking about selling body parts of aborted babies.

In true Pelosi fashion, she replied that “I don’t stipulate these videos are real,” and just as President Obama hears news first from the media, Pelosi told Tapper “I’ve seen some news reports on it, but I also know that some of it is not real and you can create any reality that you want.”  

CNN's Cuomo Disputes the 'Urgency' to Defund Planned Parenthood 'Before You Investigate'
By Brad Wilmouth | September 28, 2015 | 12:24 PM EDT

On Monday's New Day on CNN, anchor Chris Cuomo complained about Republicans wanting to defund Planned Parenthood as he questioned the "urgency" of doing so "before you investigate the allegations," leading guest and former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to decry the "grotesque" revelations about the abortion provider.

During a discussion of House Speaker John Boehner's announced resignation and the impact it could have on whether there is a government shutdown as Republicans try to defund Planned Parenthood, Cuomo fretted:

NBC Hypes Fiorina ‘Facing New Scrutiny’ Over Planned Parenthood
By Jeffrey Meyer | September 28, 2015 | 11:38 AM EDT

Following a contentious interview on Sunday’s Meet the Press, on Monday’s Today, NBC continued to harp over Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina’s recent statements condemning Planned Parenthood and their practice of harvesting fetal body parts. During a report on the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, reporter Peter Alexander proclaimed “[f]acing new scrutiny of her own, Fiorina’s defending her claim that Planned Parenthood employees were caught on tape keeping a fully-formed fetus alive to harvest its brain.”

NBC NN Runs Defense for Planned Parenthood Against Fiorina, ‘Doctored’ Baby Part Videos
By Curtis Houck | September 27, 2015 | 10:49 PM EDT

Hours after 2016 Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina sparred with NBC’s Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd over the Planned Parenthood videos, Sunday’s NBC Nightly News similarly went to bat for the abortion provider against Fiorina as White House correspondent Kristen Welker scolded Fiorina for promoting videos with “doctored and unrelated footage.”

Carly Fiorina Battles Chuck Todd Over Planned Parenthood Videos
By Jeffrey Meyer | September 27, 2015 | 12:44 PM EDT

On Sunday’s Meet the Press, moderator Chuck Todd attempted to lecture Carly Fiorina over her past statements regarding Planned Parenthood but the Republican presidential candidate repeatedly stood her ground. Throughout the combative interview over the authenticity over videos that purported to show a baby that survived an abortion Todd tried to press Fiorina on whether she was “willing now to concede that you exaggerated that scene?” 

Nets Again Blast ‘Unruly’ GOP over Boehner Resignation; Suggests It Could Harm 2016 Chances
By Curtis Houck | September 26, 2015 | 10:15 PM EDT

On Saturday morning, the major broadcast networks were at it again in bashing the “far-right” and “unruly hardliners” in the House Republican caucus for causing Speaker John Boehner’s impending resignation announced Friday that CBS added could hurt the party’s chances in 2016 if the “infighting” continues.

Whoopi Goldberg Gushes over Pope, Slams PP Videos; ‘It’s Not a Real Video’
By Curtis Houck | September 25, 2015 | 11:41 AM EDT

Promoting a new movie on Thursday’s CNN Tonight, View co-host Whoopie Goldberg gushed that Pope Francis has made her “reinterested and reinvigorated” in the Catholic Church because she believes that he’s told parishioners they “don’t...need to be obsessed with gay people” and should “quit hurting women’s feeling about having gotten an abortion.”

MSNBC Helps Planned Parenthood Change the Subject from Baby Part Sales to Rape Prevention
By Tim Graham | September 23, 2015 | 2:42 PM EDT

MSNBC.com sure knows how to change the subject from baby-parts sales for their friends at Planned Parenthood. It’s somehow headline news that the abortion giant has made a set of YouTube videos about getting consent before sex. Because their brand isn’t supposed to be about committing more than 300,000 abortions annually. They’re a reproductive health group bettering society, apparently. 

The headline was "Planned Parenthood videos show what consent looks like." 

Kelly, Kurtz, Cruz Excoriate Media for Painting Pope’s Visit as Bad for GOP, Ignoring His Pro-Life Stance
By Curtis Houck | September 23, 2015 | 7:15 AM EDT

At the top of Tuesday’s The Kelly File, host Megyn Kelly joined MediaBuzz host Howard Kurtz and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz in scorching the liberal media for their portrayal of Pope Francis’ visit to the United States as bad for the GOP while ignoring his steadfast support for life and traditional marriage.

AP: Center for Medical Progress Videos Only Describe PP 'Sending Fetal Tissue to Researchers'
By Tom Blumer | September 22, 2015 | 5:38 PM EDT

The Associated Press, serving as the left's de facto Praetorian guard, came through for its abortion-supporting masters once again today.

The wire service's Alan Fram, in a sentence describing the Center for Medical Progress's Planned Parenthood videos, told readers that they show "how they sometimes send fetal tissue to medical researchers" without noting that doing so routinely generates money for the organization.

Whoopi Goldberg to Planned Parenthood Foes: 'Get Out of My Vagina!'
By Tim Graham | September 22, 2015 | 3:27 PM EDT

On Monday, The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg got very heated in her defense of Planned Parenthood and attacked those in Congress who want to deny federal funds to the abortion giant by telling them to "get out of my vagina." 

This might underline why men click the channel quickly past this show. 

Daily Beast’s Ana Marie Cox Blasts GOP’s ‘Budgetary Terrorism’ Over Planned Parenthood Funding
By Tom Johnson | September 21, 2015 | 10:03 PM EDT

Hannibal’s gone, but there’s still plenty of horrifying content on television. Cox hinted in a Monday column that some of it’s on C-SPAN, courtesy of congressional Republicans.

Regarding a possible government shutdown over funding for Planned Parenthood, Cox asserted, “Forget shrinking government to the size it can be drowned in a bathtub, the politicians clamoring for another shutdown want government done away with in the most gruesome manner possible—perhaps those Planned Parenthood videos are the inspiration for their actions in more ways than one.”