Media Got It Right with Pope John Paul but Wrong with Terri Schiavo

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Media Got it Right with Pope John Paul INSIDE But Wrong with Terri Schiavo PAGE 3 The liberal bias was everywhere. The Limbaugh Cites Dear Member, News Stories Written networks and CNN produced “medical It was the best of times, it was the worst By MRC Interns! experts” to claim – repeatedly – that Terri of times – for media coverage, that is. Terri ● Schiavo was in a “persistent vegetative Schiavo. Pope John Paul II. They suffered state” – that she had no awareness of PAGE 4 tremendously. They both died within days of herself or others. Yet alternative media, Bits & Pieces: each other. And the major media treated their ABC Ignores Jessie including the MRC’s deaths like night and day. Jackson on Schiavo; CNSNews.com, The Terri Schiavo Media Mum on interviewed doctors, Berger’s Guilty Plea case showed the media at nurses, and other experts their worst, while the last ● who argued against that days of John Paul II PAGE 6 diagnosis. Her parents showed that the media, CNSNews.com Sets and siblings also con- when they want to, can get Reporting Standard firmed that Terri was it right. We only want, and on Schiavo Case often aware of what was deserve, good journalism ● happening around her. more often, which is why Terri Schiavo They argued that she PAGE 7 we do what we do. MRC In The News 1963-2005 needed real therapy – Without reviewing the therapy her husband had ● entire history of the tragic denied to her for 10 years. Page 8 Terri Schiavo case, it is fair Furthermore, despite A Post-Tax Analysis to say that the major media media claims about the sided with her adulterous extent of her brain husband, Michael Schiavo, damage, a full MRI scan, and his “right-to-die” which would have shown lawyer, while siding against the damage’s real extent, Terri Schiavo’s family, the was never done on Terri millions of conservative Pope John Paul II Schiavo. Why not? religious who prayed for 1920-2005 The left-wing media her, the governor of Florida, frequently claimed that the U.S. Congress, the President of the United Terri was on “life support,” implying she States and, ironically, Pope John Paul II, whose was hooked up to some complex medical America’s Media Vatican denounced Terri Schiavo’s death as machinery. Not true. She was not terminally Watchdog homicide. Continued on page 2

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER FLASH APRIL 2005 Continued from page 1 ill, and received nourishment Time’s Nancy Gibbs wrote: through a simple feeding tube. All “The last glimpse of him high above her major bodily functions worked. the square became the latest in an She just couldn’t swallow; thus, the album of images he left behind: a tube. kiss on the tarmac in each new city; The actor Christopher Reeve, a smile lit by love and certainty; a by the way, also received food and white robe stained red by a would- water through a feeding tube and be assassin’s bullet, and the public yet the media never called for forgiveness that followed; a removing his care. Pope John Paul, challenge thrown down before again ironically, was also put on a prisoners and Presidents, sinners feeding tube; did the media call and saints to heed the highest calling for its removal? of their hearts.” The left-wing media claimed In their tributes, the (mostly) that Congress and the President secular media could most easily got involved in the Schiavo case grasp the Pope’s political triumphs for political reasons. Most of the bringing his moral witness to bear Washington press corps argued on the dissolution of Soviet viciously that congressional communism. Some reporters noted Republicans were just playing not just his impact on politics, but politics. However, the polls inside the Church as well. Writing showed most Americans opposed in Newsweek, Andrew Nagorski Congress’ action, destroying that stated, “I’m convinced John Paul media spin. II will go down in history as one of The media further claimed the greatest popes ever, one whose that removal of Terri’s feeding intense spirituality, intellectual tube would lead to a natural and brilliance and sheer physical dignified death. Hogwash. stamina are beyond dispute.” Dehydration and starvation cause In its many hours of coverage, horrific effects. Death takes about the news media signaled the respect two agonizing weeks. Terri they held for this Pope in spite of the Schiavo persevered for 13 days. differences they had with him on She died Thursday, March 31, at important social and religious issues. the age of 41. He was the “Holy Father” in their A day and a half later, Pope The media got it right with Pope John Paul II. reports. For all their respectful John Paul, 84, died. As head of They got it wrong with Terri Schiavo. attention to Church teaching and the 1-billion-plus member Catholic philosophy, they deserve the gratitude church, and respected and admired by billions more, the of the Pope’s supporters, Catholic and non-Catholic alike. major media dared not disparage the Polish Pope – at least The media got it right with Pope John Paul II. They got not until after his funeral. it wrong with Terri Schiavo. And they are savaging the new In fact, in the days preceding, and for several days Pope’s conservatism just as they continue to savage the following the Pope’s death, the major media provided largely conservatism in the White House and Congress. We’re positive and what can easily be called “politically balanced watching the media and documenting their bias every day. and responsible coverage.” With your help (and maybe a little help from above), we For example: On Sunday, April 3, the day after the Pope can fight harder to get the coverage we deserve and that died, CNN anchor Aaron Brown declared that the Pope which we know is possible. “does provide a kind of moral and human balance to all of Until next time, the other pressures that culture presents, and Pope John Paul did that aggressively.” Wyatt Andrews of CBS said: “Perhaps, with the exception of Christ himself, no one reached the flock with L. Brent Bozell III, greater impact.” Founder and President

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER 2 FLASH APRIL 2005 Rush Limbaugh Cites Four News Stories Written by MRC Interns!

What a trip – actually, four trips – for a youngster! Four Nov. 2 elections in the USA. She also attended the Leadership stories written by MRC interns were picked up and cited by Rush Institute’s workshop on Public Relations. Limbaugh: two on the air to millions of Rush’s listeners, and two Two of Ms. Rhodes’ stories for CNSNews.com were referenced in his monthly newsletter, The Limbaugh Letter, read by hundreds on the Rush Limbaugh Show, reaching potentially 15 million listeners. of thousands of people. Her Jan. 19 story, “Anti- That’s a fantastic achievement for two interns, one of whom, War Crowd Backs Nathan Burchfiel, is still in college, and the second, Kathleen Notorious Dictators, Rhodes, only recently a graduate. Their hard work and Communists,” was cited in achievement is testament to the worthiness and effectiveness of the February 2005 edition the MRC’s Youth Education and Internship Program. of The Limbaugh Letter. The Program, launched in 1992, is designed to teach young In a gracious “thank people to understand the problem of liberal media bias and the you” letter about her need for balanced journalism as the solution. The Program is further internship, Ms. Rhodes designed to train young people to enter careers in journalism, wrote to MRC President public relations, marketing or government. Brent Bozell: “It was In the Program, interns are assigned to a division of the highly rewarding to see Kathleen Rhodes (Newark, DE) MRC where they gain hands-on experience—in the News that my work was Analysis Division, CNSNews.com/Cybercast News Service, Free considered important to Market Project, or the Marketing or Development department. the overall product of The interns’ work is specifically designed to sharpen the skills CNSNews.com. I had five they will use in their careers. stories make the top The interns also attend events in the nation’s capital, such as headline (nine overall), CNN’s Crossfire at George Washington University and a variety and I was proud to have of programs sponsored by the Heritage Foundation, the Leadership had two of my stories Institute, and others. Last November, some interns also had the classified as ‘special opportunity to cover the presidential election. reports.’ Even more For fall 2004, the MRC hosted four interns: three in exciting was to see that CNSNews.com and one in the News Analysis Division. prominent conservatives Frank Caliva (Dewitt, NY) Nathan Burchfiel (Woodstock, MD), a print journalism major, were reading my work. … is a junior at the University of Maryland-College Park. Mr. “To have the oppor- Burchfiel completed 20 stories and several “World in Briefs.” His tunity to do engaging and Aug. 5 story, “German Firm Defends Subway Restaurant Press consequential work such Kit” was cited in the September issue of The Limbaugh Letter as this is rare in and of (the monthly publication sent to subscribers of Rush 24/7). itself, but to be able to do Erin Brezsnyak (Glen Rock, NJ), a political science and it as an intern is even more sociology major, is a senior at the University of Mary Washington. incredible. … I also think it Ms. Brezsynak completed seven stories. She prepared several is wonderful that the MRC supportive materials for the presidential election, including a gives as much consider- newsroom electoral map, and followed election coverage until the ation to its internship final tally was in. program as it does, Erin Brezsnyak (Glen Rock, NJ) Frank Caliva (Dewitt, NY), is pursuing a Master’s in German & believing it is important to European Studies at Georgetown University. Mr. Caliva completed provide interns with a several News Tracking System (NTS) reports and transcribed sense of responsibility numerous segments from the nightly and morning news. He also and importance. This has assisted Research Director Rich Noyes in finding quotes on Today been as hands-on and and American Morning, one of which was used in a Quick Take fax intensive an experience as regarding GDP growth numbers and how they were portrayed in I could ask for and, 2004 compared to past presidential elections. honestly, it dramatically Kathleen Rhodes (Newark, DE), holds a B.A. in Government exceeded my expectations from Franklin & Marshall College. Ms. Rhodes completed more for any internship than 10 stories and attended a press conference with Senior Staff program.” Writer Marc Morano regarding foreign election monitors and the Nathan Burchfiel (Woodstock, MD)

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Anti-Religious Media Confirmed a church, the character Vinick told Two top media veterans conceded on reporters: “I don’t see how we can have a CNN’s Reliable Sources that most of their separation of church and state in this colleagues do not practice a religion and government if you have to pass a religious are anti-religious in their coverage. On the test to get in this government.” March 27 edition of the show, Steve Roberts, who worked at the New York Times Sandy Berger: Guilty for 25 years, said: “I could probably count When Kerry campaign adviser and on one hand, in the Washington bureau of former Clinton National Security Adviser the New York Times, people who would Samuel “Sandy” Berger was caught last ABC's Peter Jennings covered the Terri describe themselves as people of faith.” As summer taking classified information on Schiavo case for 10 days and then ... a result, the “mainstream press,” said terrorism from the National Archives – Jesse Jackson showed up to defend Roberts, misses big stories, such as pastors he actually stuffed the papers into his Schiavo. ABC didn't cover Jackson but registering millions of people to vote in 2004. clothes – most of the top media ran to other major media did. The media “were not familiar with those his defense, claiming the whole situation ABC Ignores Jesse Jackson churches,” he said. “They weren’t was overblown, a simple mistake. They comfortable in those churches. They The major media love to quote Rev. also spun the line that the allegations weren’t members of them. They didn’t see against Berger were timed to deflect Jesse Jackson when it comes to liberal what was happening.” causes, but they didn’t like it one bit coverage of the 9/11 Commission Report. New Republic Senior Editor Michelle Well, after much plea-bargaining, when he defended the innocence of Cottle said there is a deliberate media bias Terri Schiavo. ABC World News Tonight Berger admitted in early April in federal against religion. The media “do behave as court that he was guilty of intentionally with Peter Jennings, in fact, tried to though the people who believe these stealing copies of the documents and ignore Jackson and then decided not to things are on the fringe,” she said, “when then destroying them. The documents quote him. On March 29, after covering actually the vast majority of the American concerned the Clinton Administration’s the Schiavo case for 10 days straight, public describes itself as Christian.” Jennings and ABC didn’t touch the story, policies against terrorism. Now that the although it was the day that Jackson West Wing’s Left-Wing GOP liberal Berger has pleaded guilty, the arrived at Schiavo’s hospice and cable Hollywood’s ideal Republican major media are pretty quiet again. One news was all over the event. President is a left-wing pro-abortion wonders if they would be so silent if “While law is important, law must pinecone-eating bleeding heart and that’s Condoleeza Rice had stuffed classified be tempered with mercy to have just who NBC delivered through actor Alan files about terrorism in her purse and justice,” said Jackson in reference to Alda on its March 23 season finale of The then lied about it … Terri Schiavo. “We ask for mercy West Wing. Playing GOP presidential today.” That day, Jennings and ABC candidate Arnold Vinick, the lefty actor Ask Dr. Kevorkian! did find time in their broadcast to discuss played his part well, listening as another From our Believe It or Not files: ABC’s Charlie Gibson and Good Morning a memo from the ACLU alleging abuse America chose to interview none other of prisoners in Iraq by U.S. forces. But than convicted murderer Jack Kevorkian that – no surprise – is a liberal claim for his “very interesting perspective” on dear to ABC’s heart. the Terri Schiavo case. On the March 25 broadcast, Gibson prodded Want to stay on top Kevorkian, a.k.a. Dr. Death, to of media bias? Sign up for condemn Congress’ action in defense the CyberAlert of Schiavo. “When you see Congress e-mail report. begin to get involved, when you see this go through layer after layer in the On The West Wing, Alan Alda portrayed It’s FREE! Hollywood's ideal Republican courts, has it become something, in To subscribe, just e-mail presidential candidate: liberal, pro- your mind, of a circus?” said Gibson. [email protected] abortion and anti-religious. Kevorkian, from a prison phone, Mention that you read about character praised him for “moving the ranted that the President and Congress the offer in FLASH. Republicans away from the right wing.” were hypocrites because they don’t Then, after declining an invitation to visit show as much concern for people on

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Death Row as they did for Schiavo. Bush was three times as negative as through colonialism and imperialism. We Charlie Gibson ended the segment by coverage of Kerry (36% versus 12%)” and have seen the danger and shortcomings plugging Kevorkian’s new book and it “was also less likely to be positive (20% of those systems. If we are heading into movie deal, which promote Kevorkian positive Bush stories, 30% for Kerry).” another period of imperialism where the and his practice of “assisted suicide.” Kurtz didn’t talk about that, however, U.S. thinks itself as the leader of the area and he isn’t talking about it. Instead, on and its interest should prevail over all Mr. Kurtz, He Biased CNN’s Reliable Sources, he stressed the other interests of its neighbors and Washington Post media reporter report’s other finding that the “most others, then I think the world will be in an Howard Kurtz – the inside-the-beltway opinionated network on cable news is Fox unhappy period.” doyen of media criticism – chose not to News.” Kurtz quoted further: “When told discuss the findings of liberal media bias that Iraq had adopted a new interim NYT: Get DeLay! constitution, Fox anchor David Asman Columnist Robert Novak revealed in said, ‘Let’s pray that it works out.’” Horrors! April that New York Times editor Tobin Harshaw asked Republican Bob Living- Washington Post Editor Blasts ston to write an op-ed calling for Tom U.S. – in Red China DeLay to step down from his position as While he no doubt would not give an House Majority Leader. DeLay is one of interview to a fascist newspaper, the most effective conservatives on Washington Post Managing Editor Philip Capitol Hill and, hence, the target of Bennett had no problem granting an liberals. The Times’ action, said Novak, is interview – and bashing the U.S. – to the a “remarkable case of that august People’s Daily, the propaganda sheet of the newspaper fishing for an op-ed piece Howard Kurtz, a "media" reporter, ruling Communist Party in China (a [that] makes it appear part of a calculated ignored the latest research by the government responsible for murdering 60 campaign to bring down the single most Project on Excellence in Journalism, million of its own people). Bennett blasted powerful Republican in Congress. The which confirmed vast liberal media bias Democratic establishment and left-wing in the 2004 presidential campaign. U.S. foreign policy, saying, “I don’t think there is much evidence that promoting activists have targeted DeLay as the way in a recent report from the highly democracy is what the U.S. is doing. …I to end a decade of Republican control of respected Project on Excellence in don’t think [the] U.S. should be the leader the House ….” Journalism. The report found that for the of the world [because] it is unhealthy to The Times’ action further demon-strates broadcast networks, the cable news have one country as the leader of the world.” how the editorial and news pages work in networks, and the major newspapers, Bennett also suggested U.S. policy concert: The editorial page creates news “campaign coverage that focused on is neo-colonialism. “The world has gone which is then touted on the front page.

☛ “John Paul, rather than affirming life, actually affirmed death when he refused to permit the use of condoms to fight the spread of AIDS.” – NBC reporter Bob Faw ☛ “It’s all about politics. It has nothing to do with Terri Schiavo. … And it’s all cloaked in some, you know, [Republican] mantra that says, ‘Oh, we’re worried about this woman’s life.’ Baloney!” – TV journalist Jack Cafferty ☛ Republicans only care “about people before they’re born and then really after they’re dead.” – Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift ☛ “[T]he leadership class of the Republican Party is a conservative Christian loony bin .… [They] are a bunch of sociopathic maniacs On Hardball, CBS's Lesley Stahl whines who have their lips super-glued to the ass of the conservative right.” – actor ☛ and fears for "democracy" Alec Baldwin “Bob Novak is at all times a mendacious lycanthrope.” – Boston because of technological Globe magazine writer Charles Pierce. ☛ And in the truth department: For advances and alternative network news, “I think it’s dead. Sorry. The monster anchors are through.” – media, such as the Internet and blog sites. Sam Donaldson ☛ Adds CBS’s Lesley Stahl: “The public does not trust us. And we are low down on the institutions that people respect.”

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By David Thibault CNSNews.com Managing Editor CNSNews.com Set Standard for Reporting on Schiavo Case

On Aug. 5, 2003, a CNSNews.com article by senior staff and Boston Globe dealt with the story between Aug. 5, writer Jeff Johnson began thusly: 2003 – the date of CNSNews.com’s first article on the “Attorneys for the parents of a 39-year-old Florida woman matter – and Dec. 10, 2003. – who suffered brain damage under uncertain circumstances in While CNSNews.com’s tiny staff turned out 39 full-length 1990 – asked the Florida Supreme Court Monday to stop her news articles about the Schiavo case during that period, a husband from allowing her to die by starvation and dehydration.” Lexis/Nexis search reveals that the Post published five and The article, focusing on a the Globe ran a grand total of three. subject that most of the media Why such an alarming disregard by establishment was ignoring or “Disabled Woman Would Cry those newspapers for a story that under-reporting, marked the first of ‘Help Me,’ Caregivers Claim” literally revolved around life and death? 64 full-length stories that Johnson Well, it may be that their editorial would write over the next 20 became one of CNSNews.com’s philosophy is geared more toward the months about Terri Schiavo’s plight most widely read stories of empty and trivial happenings of today’s and her husband Michael’s legal the year. It included statements pop stars. battle to remove the feeding tube During the same four-month, five- that was keeping Terri alive. from several health care day period that the Washington Post Johnson’s CNSNews.com workers who said they had seen delivered five news articles about the colleagues wrote dozens of other Terri Schiavo utter Schiavo case, it made 91 mentions of stories on the subject during the singer Britney Spears. And during the same period, not only from the “help me” and “mommy,” time the Boston Globe mustered only news organization’s world and had been prevented by three news articles about the landmark headquarters in Alexandria, Va., but right to die drama, the paper referenced from such far-flung places as Israel Michael Schiavo from the pop diva Spears 48 times. and New Zealand, to measure providing Terri with any kind With our priorities in proper order, international reaction to the of physical therapy. Jeff Johnson became the first national increasingly bitter struggle pitting correspondent to report on March 23 Michael Schiavo against Terri’s of this year that a nurse at the hospice parents and siblings who were determined to keep Terri alive. where Terri Schiavo was receiving care had been fired for On Sept. 3, 2003, Johnson’s article “Disabled Woman claiming that Terri could feel pain. Would Cry ‘Help Me,’ Caregivers Claim” became one of When Dr. Ronald Cranford, the neurologist hired by CNSNews.com’s most widely read stories of the year. It Michael Schiavo to evaluate Terri’s medical condition told a included statements from several health care workers who national audience that he was 105 percent sure about his said they had seen Terri Schiavo utter “help me” and “mommy,” persistent vegetative state diagnosis, Johnson was the only and had been prevented by Michael Schiavo from providing reporter to learn and then write about Cranford’s similar and Terri with any kind of physical therapy. wrong diagnosis of a wounded police officer in 1980. In that Two weeks later, Jeff reported on the possible conflict of case, the officer considered to be virtually brain dead by interest between Michael Schiavo’s attorney, George Felos, Cranford, regained consciousness and re-learned how to and the court-appointed physician assigned to investigate the communicate with his family. medical evidence in the case. Following publication of that Alas, Terri Schiavo died on March 31 at the age of 41. By story, Felos told Jeff he would never speak with him again. then, the establishment media had finally taken up the story, The controversy swirling around the bedridden Florida perhaps believing that its readers wouldn’t remember how it woman quieted down for most of 2004, but it’s instructive had previously been ignored. And because readers of those to look back at how media giants like the Washington Post papers are unlikely to set the record straight, we did it instead.

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