What march? Media ignore 15,000 people

Talk about media arrogance. Instead of taking professional responsibility seriously, mainstream media – and even "less-stream media" – now only cover events and report stories that comport with their own political point of view.

There was a time when citizens could look at print media – newspapers and magazines – and watch and listen to electronic media – television and radio – and know what was happening in the world around them.

That's not to say there weren't left- and right-leaning media, but there were enough of each so people could pick and choose and get the facts.

Now? Forget it. The mainstream is liberal-left, through and through, and the total number of outlets gets smaller ever year.

The result? Any semblance of truth and balance is gone.

The best and latest example is the annual Walk for Life.

It's an annual walk through major cities by pro-life people – simply to show solidarity with the idea that abortion kills babies and needs to be stopped.

The marches are peaceful and powerful in their message, which includes invited speakers on the issue and those who have been there and regret it.

They have also had speakers who are living examples of what are called "botched abortions" – in other words, abortions that didn't kill the child.

Yes, there are survivors of abortions and, yes, the system regards their being alive as a mistake.

There were marches this year in Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and other cities across the country – despite the snow and rain.

The San Francisco Walk for Life West Coast on Jan. 23 was in its 12th year. Estimates are that more than 15,000 people participated – locals as well as those from neighboring cities and states.

As with all the walks, the purpose was, and is, to call attention to opposition to abortion – a killing machine, run primarily by Planned Parenthood, that takes the lives over a million unborn children annually.
In San Francisco, the heart of liberal politics, being anti-abortion/prolife is considered one of the worst sins. Anyone with beliefs like that is worthy of being ignored – and that's exactly what print media did.

The local newspapers totally ignored the story.

Imagine: More than 15,000 people, peacefully walking through downtown at mid-day and not one word of media coverage!

As far as the press was concerned, it didn't happen.

Over the years, I covered the walk on my radio program and interviewed co-founder Eva Muntean and many of their guest speakers.

I was never able to attend because of my job, but I knew many people who did. They said they were impressed with the peacefulness of the event, with the number of young people participating – men and women – and with the assistance of the San Francisco police keeping disruptive dissenters from causing problems.

I also know many of those walkers were members in good standing of Catholic parishes in the Bay Area – parishes where the pastors didn't allow any publicity for the march, didn't speak of the event, and who never, ever mentioned the dreaded word "abortion."

In my opinion, those men in collars are chickens. They're cowards and disgusting representatives of a faith that puts the sanctity of life above all. Yet they ignore that.

When I first began reporting on the walk, I was pleased to be part of informing the public of what was to take place and why. What I didn't realize at first was that the entrenched liberal media in the San Francisco Bay area would virtually ignore the event. If they deigned to mention it at all, it was only if protestors caused a commotion.

It was the same this year, even though it was a drizzly day. Speakers included a Nigerian pro-life activist, Obianuju Ekeocha, who wants to end international financial aid tied to abortion; pro-life pastor Clenard Childress; Latin pro-life entertainer Emmanuel; and David Daleiden, whose undercover video and interviews with Planned Parenthood officials confirmed they're more than willing to harvest and sell aborted baby parts.

You'd think having such newsmakers in town would attract reporters.

But, no. Newspapers ignored them. Not one word printed.

What kind of journalism is that?

I must admit that if the papers wonder why their circulation is falling, this is one reason. They ignore real news because it doesn't fit their political template.

I finally canceled my San Francisco Chronicle subscription after 20-plus years because there was virtually nothing worthwhile in it.

I still get the Contra Costa Times but am close to canceling. The first section usually consists of four pages and the second section, virtually the same. Take out classifieds, legal notices, comics, self-help columns and full-page medical ads, and there's nothing left.

Not even enough pages to wrap fish.

But what about the issue of the Walk for Life?

Remember, one of the speakers was the man behind the video expose that proved Planned Parenthood makes a living killing, dismembering and selling human baby parts.

Local media ignored that but a week later, when a Texas court indicted him, they covered that.

Imagine, indicted for exposing that Planned Parenthood sells baby parts (which is illegal) and Planned Parenthood – the seller – got off scot-free.

So far.

If there's any justice, it'll get shut down, defunded and the ghouls running the place will be behind bars. It has blood on its hands and should rot in hell and be tormented by the innocent souls of the children it killed.

I'd like to see the headlines on that!

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