By Dave Andrusko

I confess from the get-go that it may seem odd to talk about a media bias the day after I congratulated the New York Times for having the guts to present a slide show on its webpage showing photos of four aborted babies. But bear with me for a second, this won’t take long.

Scrounging around for something else online, I ran across a photo yesterday taken of the March for Life last January. The caption included this final line: “It should be noted that a large number of the 'Pro Life' marchers were minors aged under 18.”

It should be noted this so-called “photographer” or so-called “caption writer” is transparently biased, not to mention snooty. Moreover, that the battle over abortion should draw 20,000 to 50,000 young people from all over the country to the nation’s capitol says everything [positive] you would ever want to know about how well-stocked the pro-life army is with fledgling lieutenants.

The other item is the notice that Dan the Man Rather was to be the keynote speaker last night at Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota’s “annual gala,” a.k.a. fundraiser. According to various press releases, “He is slated to speak on keeping citizens informed as the dynamics of the media change.”

Dan Rather

Speaking of keeping citizens informed, it’s amazing what you can find on the Internet. There is a blog, ratherbiased.com, that’s been around for sometime. Back when Rather was a significant media player, the blog’s contributions really were invaluable. Rather, the very embodiment of the smug, biased-to-the-hilt reporter/anchor, congratulated himself non-stop for his objective, above-the-fray stance. The blog simply quoted him to devastating effect.

Ratherbiased.com has the sayings of Chairman Rather arranged alphabetically. If you go to http://www.ratherbiased.com/abortion.htm, you’ll find a lengthy list of his assorted pro-abortion ramblings. Increasingly erratic today, reading over what has escaped his lips reminds you that Rather has been downright goofy for a long time.

Anyway, if you didn’t read yesterday’s edition, please take a few minutes out to go to http://www.nrlc.org/News_and_Views/index.html.