Dr. Scissorhands.
“In Philadelphia today,” anchor Scott Pelley said on the May 13 CBS “Evening News,” there was a verdict in a murder trial that got national attention.” He was talking about the murder trial of Kermit Gosnell, and whatever “national attention” it received was given grudgingly by the media – including Pelley’s own network.
In fact, it took 56 days, multiple letters from members of the House of Representatives and a public demand from conservative groups, before all three broadcast networks reported on Gosnell.
Gosnell was found guilty of three counts of first degree murder for delivering babies and then killing them by cutting their spinal chords with scissors in his “house of horrors” Philadelphia abortion clinic. He was also found guilty of third degree murder in the 2009 death of a 41-year-old woman, as well as more than 200 lesser charges.
CBS “Evening News” devoted nearly two minutes to the story. NBC “Nightly News” gave the verdict 1 minute, 29 seconds, though the network continued its aversion to detailing Gosnell’s method of killing the infants and the other macabre practices at the clinic.
“In Philadelphia today,” anchor Scott Pelley said on the May 13 CBS “Evening News,” there was a verdict in a murder trial that got national attention.” He was talking about the murder trial of Kermit Gosnell, and whatever “national attention” it received was given grudgingly by the media – including Pelley’s own network.
In fact, it took 56 days, multiple letters from members of the House of Representatives and a public demand from conservative groups, before all three broadcast networks reported on Gosnell.
Gosnell was found guilty of three counts of first degree murder for delivering babies and then killing them by cutting their spinal chords with scissors in his “house of horrors” Philadelphia abortion clinic. He was also found guilty of third degree murder in the 2009 death of a 41-year-old woman, as well as more than 200 lesser charges.
CBS “Evening News” devoted nearly two minutes to the story. NBC “Nightly News” gave the verdict 1 minute, 29 seconds, though the network continued its aversion to detailing Gosnell’s method of killing the infants and the other macabre practices at the clinic.