Source: www.mediamatters.org - Thursday, June 27, 2019
Melissa Joskow / Media Matters MSNBC aired an ad from the anti-choice group March for Life Action before the first Democratic presidential debate that repeated inaccurate right-wing media talking points about abortion, alleging Democratic candidates are ???extreme??? for supporting abortion access. In reality, the ad cited polling data that was not only commissioned by an anti-abortion group, but that has also been soundly criticized by other polling experts as misleading. March for Life Action, the political arm of the anti-abortion group March for Life, ran a ???six-figure ad-buy??? starting on June 26 to promote a common right-wing media talking point that ???the American pro-life consensus, and even the pro-life consensus among Democrats, contrasts sharply with the official position of every Democratic candidate involved in the debate.??? In the??ad, March for Life Action relied on February polling from the Marist Institute for Public Opinion commissioned by the anti-abortion group Knights of Columbus to claim that ???8 in 10 Americans agree abortion should have??? legal restrictions and that ???6 in 10 pro-choice Americans support limiting [abortion] to at most the first trimester.??? These anti-abortion talking points match the messaging strategy being deployed by right-wing media and prominent conservatives ahead of the 2020 election to paint Democrats and those who support abortion rights as ???extreme??? and out of touc
Source: Breaking News
Melissa Joskow / Media Matters MSNBC aired an ad from the anti-choice group March for Life Action before the first Democratic presidential debate that repeated inaccurate right-wing media talking points about abortion, alleging Democratic candidates are ???extreme??? for supporting abortion access. In reality, the ad cited polling data that was not only commissioned by an anti-abortion group, but that has also been soundly criticized by other polling experts as misleading. March for Life Action, the political arm of the anti-abortion group March for Life, ran a ???six-figure ad-buy??? starting on June 26 to promote a common right-wing media talking point that ???the American pro-life consensus, and even the pro-life consensus among Democrats, contrasts sharply with the official position of every Democratic candidate involved in the debate.??? In the??ad, March for Life Action relied on February polling from the Marist Institute for Public Opinion commissioned by the anti-abortion group Knights of Columbus to claim that ???8 in 10 Americans agree abortion should have??? legal restrictions and that ???6 in 10 pro-choice Americans support limiting [abortion] to at most the first trimester.??? These anti-abortion talking points match the messaging strategy being deployed by right-wing media and prominent conservatives ahead of the 2020 election to paint Democrats and those who support abortion rights as ???extreme??? and out of touc
Source: Breaking News
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