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Media Matters Catches ABC's Blatantly Biased Coverage of "War on Christians" Event
Media Matters catches ABC's Jake Tapper simply broadcasting Ricky Scarborough's "War on Christians" ( etc. ) conference without any context whatsoever: " nowhere in Tapper's report were any progressive voices included, nor were any Christian leaders quoted who disagree with the notion that there is a "war on Christianity." [ click on link for full story ]
Summary: ABC correspondent Jake Tapper quoted several participants in a conference titled "The War Against Christians" who complained that the concerns of conservative Christian voters are being ignored on social issues such as abortion and gay marriage. But nowhere in Tapper's report were any progressive voices included, nor were any Christian leaders quoted who disagree with the notion that there is a "war on Christianity.".....
The March 28 report was not Tapper's first report on religion that lacked progressive voices. As Media Matters has previously documented, while noting during a January 24 ABC Nightline report that Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s confirmation would mean that a majority of the Supreme Court would consist of Catholics, Tapper stated that "liberals do have some concerns about such a Catholic court." But that report quoted no identifiable liberals or Democrats either expressing concern about a Catholic majority on the Supreme Court or rebutting the notion that a Catholic court per se provokes concern.
In the context of ABC's outrageous refusal to air United Churches of Christ TV ads while airing ads from James Dobson's Focus on The Family, ABC's loyalties have become plain : the network panders to the Christian right. |
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