The New York Times has recently put its full editorial weight behind Planned Parenthood, releasing an editorial decrying the “campaign of deception” launched by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) and other actors in the anti-abortion movement. But in pushing to defend Planned Parenthood, the Times appears to be getting at least one key fact wrong.
As one of the country’s most widely-read newspapers, the Times carries significant weight, and Planned Parenthood has been eager to tout its backing:
But how much can the Times’ account be trusted? A closer look shows the paper has repeatedly made a statement that appears to be false in a manner that discredits the Center for Medical Progress.
On two different occasions, writers for the Times claimed the CMP withheld key information from the public until they came under fire from Planned Parenthood.
In its Wednesday editorial, “The Campaign of Deception Against Planned Parenthood,” the Times claims that CMP began its campaign by releasing a single nine-minute video. With that that nine-minute video, the CMP concurrently uploaded the raw video of over two hours, but according to the Times, it “[was only] released by the Center for Medical Progress after complaints by Planned Parenthood.”
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