Distorted lens
By Phil Lawler (bio - articles ) | June 05, 2003 9:51 AM
A question to ponder as you read today's media coverage of the partial-birth abortion ban:
If more than 90% of all Americans believe that partial-birth abortion should be illegal, why do most reports carry a half-dozen quotes from people who oppose the ban, and only 1-2 quotes-- further down in the story-- from people who support it?
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Posted by: News Hound -
Jun. 06, 2003 5:30 PM ET USA
Hi, Phil, as a retired newspaperman I can tell you that people who support a controversial issue rarely make it high up in a news article. The news is the ban. The next news is about people who oppose the ban, with a few comments from people who support it so the writer can say he wrote a balanced story. Why doesn't the writer say 90 percent of Americans also believe PB abortion should be illegal? Because it would eliminate the controversry and there goes the writer's story!
