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Why I Didn't Write About Gosnell's Trial--And Why I Should Have
The Daily Beast ^ | Apr 12, 2013 12:33 PM EDT | Megan McArdle is a special correspondent for Newsweek

Posted on 04/12/2013 4:17:09 PM PDT by drewh

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1 posted on 04/12/2013 4:17:09 PM PDT by drewh
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There are some stories that the MSM simply cannot cover... they... simply... cannot... and we all know why.


2 posted on 04/12/2013 4:22:13 PM PDT by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can STILL go straight to hell.)
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Did she mean JONAH Goldberg and not JEFFREY Goldberg??? geesh..


3 posted on 04/12/2013 4:27:02 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Don't believe for a second the writer is disturbed by Gosnell. All the folks in the abortion racket knew about it ~ that's what they do ~ that's what they pray to their gods for ~ it is their very essence of being.

Then, sometimes, when they get caught one of them will pretend to be disturbed and seek our sympathy.

They are not human beings and they deserve nothing.

4 posted on 04/12/2013 4:28:16 PM PDT by muawiyah
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The abortion-supporters in the MSM (that would be damn-near all of them) are uneasy about this. Good. Let's escalate that uneasiness into real revulsion, panic, rejection, unavoidable moral judgment.

Let's escalate it until they can't stand it anymore.

The very flesh revolts at the atrocities perpetrated by these butchers.

5 posted on 04/12/2013 4:30:01 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("If he will not hear the Church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the publican."(Matthew 18))
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Of course, I'm not saying that I identify with criminal abortionists who kill infants and grievously wound their patients. But I am pro-choice.

Then you do.

That is like saying of course I don't identify with starving people to death and executing them for owning a gold fish but I support the "Great Leap Forward".

Rational thought is apparently not this person's strong suit.

6 posted on 04/12/2013 4:32:36 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Promotional Fee Paid for by "Ouchies" The Sharp, Prickly Toy You Bathe With!)
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I’ve sold 57 articles, mostly to newspapers. I wanted to do a political column for the Tallahassee Democrat. The editor was horrified. I was informed that only “trusted” employees of the paper were allowed to write on politics. People who didn’t work for the paper, I was told, simply didn’t have the political knowledge required to write about the subject. Seriously, that’s almost verbatim. They carried George Will, but you should have seen the editor’s face when I said his name. Apparently, it was a requirement from the head office. I was told that he often had to be edited…(long pause) for length, she added.

Here’s the funny thing. The paper did several surveys to find out why their circulation was circling the toilet. They published the results with a lengthy excuse explaining why the results were wrong and they weren’t going to change anything. Amazing. Simply, amazing. If they’d simply split the coverage to 50/50 liberal conservative they’d probably double their best circulation numbers.


7 posted on 04/12/2013 4:32:41 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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Moreover, surely those of us who are pro-choice must worry that this will restrict access to abortion: that a crackdown on abortion clinics will follow, with onerous white-glove inspections; that a revolted public will demand more restrictions on late-term abortions; or that women will be too afraid of Gosnell-style crimes to seek a medically necessary abortion.

After a reasonably good start. The author lets her lib flag fly at the end.

Pro-choicers worry that there will be restrictions on late-term abortions? Those restrictions would be a bad thing? Because killing a born-alive infant is so much worse than killing a 9 month fetus 5 minutes earlier, in the womb? Which is so much worse than killing a viable 8 month fetus? The libs are terrified about that slippery slope. As well they should be!

As for a "medically necessary abortion," another false left-wing costruct: It is virtually never necessary. Once the kid is extracted from the womb, the mother's health is unaffected by whether or not the baby's spinal cord is severed. Plus, the strawman argument falls apart because even the staunchest pro-lifers are willing to make an exception if the life of the mother is in jeopardy.

8 posted on 04/12/2013 4:33:03 PM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence. Nov 6, 2012: Declaration of Dependence. R.I.P. America.)
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The abortion-supporters in the MSM (that would be damn-near all of them) are uneasy about this.

This is no different than if they had covered up the crimes of Joseph Mengele.
9 posted on 04/12/2013 4:33:41 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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There is a Jeffrey Goldberg who’s a staff writer for the Atlantic Magazine.

A Lib.

I’m guessing this Lib would be more likely to quote the Lib Jeffrey than the Conservative Jonah, but I don’t know the answer for certain.

Either that, or she meant Jonah, but as a Lib, but her mind was channeling her fellow Lib, Jeffrey...


10 posted on 04/12/2013 4:34:32 PM PDT by txrangerette ("...hold to the truth; speak without fear..."(Glenn Beck))
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I was just about to make the same point, well done.


11 posted on 04/12/2013 4:37:25 PM PDT by drewh
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I wouldn’t expect Diane Sawyer or Anderson Cooper to care about Democrat doctors torturing children, but Even Fox is protecting the lefty child-abusers. Sick, sick sick.


12 posted on 04/12/2013 4:38:56 PM PDT by cookcounty
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“Did I save my a** with this article!” 5 days late
Can I say you’re Toast!


13 posted on 04/12/2013 4:41:24 PM PDT by Conserev1 ("Still Clinging to my Bible and my Weapon")
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To: Gen.Blather
If they’d simply split the coverage to 50/50 liberal conservative they’d probably double their best circulation numbers.

Liberals cannot take opposing views. They can't debate for beans. They run away (or "unfriend", or unsubscribe, or ban the channel) rather than allow themselves to have to deal with the idea of there being a rationally presented opposing side.

14 posted on 04/12/2013 4:41:29 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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My guess is that Fox is queasy about the explicit nature of the facts driving away ad dollars


15 posted on 04/12/2013 4:44:46 PM PDT by drewh
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Chairs reserved for the press at the Gosnell trial:

From Breitbart.

16 posted on 04/12/2013 4:44:59 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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But I am pro-choice.

Of course you are.

17 posted on 04/12/2013 4:45:28 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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Yeah, they like FOX and Friends to be about fun stuff. A big mistake for FOX. Shame on them.


18 posted on 04/12/2013 4:46:53 PM PDT by dforest (I have now entered the Twilight Zone.)
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To: Gen.Blather
If they’d simply split the coverage to 50/50 liberal conservative they’d probably double their best circulation numbers.

You are amazed at their reaction because you assume these "journalists" think its their job to provide news to the public.

They don't. They think they're crusaders.

19 posted on 04/12/2013 4:51:05 PM PDT by skeeter
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This woman is pathetic. She revels in her pro choiceness but didn’t write about this murdering bastard because she could not bear to read how her pro choiceness results in the slaughter of unborn babies. Screw her and those like her.


20 posted on 04/12/2013 4:51:19 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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