{"id":5281,"date":"2013-04-11T22:56:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T02:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=5281"},"modified":"2013-04-11T22:56:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T02:56:46","slug":"evil-eight-reason-media-ignore-gosnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=5281","title":{"rendered":"Evil: Eight Reason Media Ignore #Gosnell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trevin Wax has <a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/trevinwax\/2013\/04\/11\/8-reasons-for-the-media-blackout-on-kermit-gosnell\/\">eight reasons to explain media editors&#8217; decision<\/a> to ignore Kermit &#8220;the Ripper&#8221; Gosnell&#8217;s trial over the past several days. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>1. The Gosnell case involves an abortionist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whenever we see news stories about abortion, the abortionist must be portrayed as a victim of hate and intolerance, not a perpetrator of violence. But it is impossible to spin this story in a way that keeps \u201cabortionist\u201d separate from testimony about dead women and children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. The Gosnell case involves an unregulated abortion clinic.<br \/>\n<br \/><\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>Whenever we see news stories about abortion, the clinic must be portrayed as a \u201crefuge\u201d for women in distress, not a \u201chouse of horrors\u201d where women are taken advantage of. But it is impossible to spin this story in a way that keeps \u201cabortion clinic\u201d away from negative connotations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. The Gosnell case involves protestors who, for years, stood outside 3801 Lancaster and prayed, warning people about what was taking place inside.<br \/>\n<br \/><\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>Whenever we see news stories about abortion, the protestors must be portrayed as agitators and extremists, not peaceful people who urge mothers to treasure the miracle inside them. But it is impossible to spin this story in a way that keeps the abortion protestors from looking like heroes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/trevinwax\/2013\/04\/11\/8-reasons-for-the-media-blackout-on-kermit-gosnell\/\">Keep reading.<\/a> One reason Trevin doesn&#8217;t give is that a 15-year-old girl helped kill babies too. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trevin Wax has eight reasons to explain media editors&#8217; decision to ignore Kermit &#8220;the Ripper&#8221; Gosnell&#8217;s trial over the past several days. 1. The Gosnell case involves an abortionist. Whenever we see news stories about abortion, the abortionist must be portrayed as a victim of hate and intolerance, not a perpetrator of violence. But it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=5281\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Evil: Eight Reason Media Ignore #Gosnell<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-press"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}