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Scalise, others demand media coverage of Kermit Gosnell abortion case

By Bruce Alpert, NOLA.com | Times-Picayune 
on April 17, 2013 at 2:29 PM, updated April 17, 2013 at 3:48 PM

WASHINGTON — Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, is leading a letter-writing campaign to major TV networks demanding that they cover a disturbing case in which a Pennsylvania doctor is accused of killing seven babies and a woman.

The trial is now in its fifth week, but only recently has gotten significant coverage by major media outlets.

Scalise, joined by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tn., organized the letters, which were sent Wednesday to news executives at ABC, NBC and CBS.

The letters, signed by 70 House members, also accuses the media of covering up a story in which they say a Planned Parenthood official argued for infanticide.

“If someone went into a hospital and shot seven babies and a mother with an AK-47, the media coverage surrounding the trial would rival a natural disaster,” Scalise said. “Yet seven babies and a mother are dead at the hands of an abortion doctor using a scalpel, and the mainstream media’s silence on this story is deafening. By failing to cover this story and turning their backs on the culture of abortion in this country, the media has failed in their duty to provide unbiased coverage of this horrific tragedy.”

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