The San Francisco Chronicle ran an article on the March for Life, a protest against abortion. Examing the article you can how the liberal press inserts its own bias into the story.
"The nationwide battle over abortion rights drew thousands to San Francisco on Saturday for dueling demonstrations" is one of the first lines of the article and the word "dueling" implies equality in numbers. You have to scroll much further down to read that "Although they were easily outnumbered by the marchers, the pro-choice supporters were loud and confrontational."
"Abortion foes from all over the West converged on San Francisco..." Foe is definitely a negative term, implying someone who is evil or wrong. Back in the day, the two sides were defined as "pro-life" and "pro-choice." In order to make villians out of the pro-life crowd, they changed their "title." The sentence could have even been worded "Opponents of abortion...."
"which pro-choice activists fear will endanger Roe vs. Wade, the decision that legalized abortion 33 years ago" Misinformation. At the time of Roe, abortion was legal in some states, notably New York. The sentence indicates that the repeal of Roe would make abortion illegal, a myth abortionists want to create in the mind of people. This is not true. A repeal of Roe would only send abortion back to the states, where a law making it legal or illegal would be voted on by State legislatures. The "pro-choice" crowd isn't interested in the choice of the people, but abortion on demand, created by judicial fiat.
"Abortion rights advocates... showed up en masse to protest the march." Are the abortion advocates "en masse" (tons of people) or "easily outnumbered?" The paper wants to give the impression of parity amongst protesters when the pro-abortion crowd is much smaller. Conversely, if there was a pro-abortion protest, and there were a smaller group of pro-life dissedents, the dissedents would get little or no press.
"That voice was, by design, mostly silent. Marchers were urged to leave photos of aborted fetuses and signs equating abortion to murder at home....Many jeered and taunted the marchers, while others stood along the street, waved wire hangers and chanted slogans....abortion rights supporters held green balloons and a variety of handmade signs that ranged from the obscene, "F -- your agenda," to the snide, "Keep your rosaries off my ovaries.'' This item is not a demonstration of the liberal press, but the two sides. Liberals purport themselves to be "peace-loving" yet who are violently opposed to a peaceful protest. Who is acting in the tradition of Ghandi, MLK, and who are not?
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