Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of the Media Fairness Caucus, said in a release Wednesday, “Every year, Americans can count on two things to happen: 1) one of the largest public demonstrations that occurs in our country, the annual March for Life, will take place in D.C. and 2) the liberal national media will dismiss it.”
The Media Research Center noted, “This month, two similar events are happening in Washington, D.C. Both pertain to women. One attracted an estimated 500,000 Americans this year, the other boasts tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands marchers every year. But one main difference — a difference the media care about — is agenda: one is pro-abortion, the other is pro-life.”
Meanwhile, the Women’s March — co-sponsored by Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America — received at least one hour and 15 minutes of network air time.
Despite its branding, the organizers explicitly prohibited pro-life women’s groups from participating in the event.
The networks not only covered the event itself, but in effect offered free television promotion leading into it, with all three doing stories Jan. 19. The march itself was then covered Saturday and continued to be part of news stories into early this week.
“They say the press doesn’t cover them,” Trump said.
“I don’t want to compare crowd sizes again,” Muir began.
“No, you shouldn’t,” Trump interrupted, “But what they do say is that the press doesn’t cover them.”
The Trump administration has signaled that they will participate in the March for Life.
“We’re going to have heavy administration presence there,” confirmed White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Tuesday. “It’s no secret that this administration and this president will do what they can to fight for life.”