{"id":1533272,"date":"2022-06-30T08:04:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T12:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1533272"},"modified":"2022-06-30T08:04:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T12:04:28","slug":"corporate-media-guidelines-for-covering-abortion-are-predictably-biased-and-woke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corporate-media-guidelines-for-covering-abortion-are-predictably-biased-and-woke\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Media Guidelines For Covering Abortion Are Predictably Biased And Woke"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcorporate-media-guidelines-for-covering-abortion-are-predictably-biased-and-woke%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1533272&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/signal-2022-06-29-163036.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Abortion may be framed in the media according to the beliefs of individual journalists, editors, and outlets, but journalists also use industry guides in deciding everything from the angle of their story to their words. On abortion, these resources are not objective at all.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020-2022 Associated Press stylebook, which advises on language use in the profession, tells journalists, \u201cUse the modifiers <em>anti-abortion<\/em> or <em>abortion-rights<\/em>; don\u2019t use <em>pro-life<\/em>, <em>pro-choice<\/em> or <em>pro-abortion<\/em> unless they are in quotes or proper names.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Poynter Institute, which provides resources and training to journalists, published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/reporting-editing\/2022\/how-to-ensure-diverse-viewpoints-in-abortion-coverage\/?utm_source=Poynter+Institute&#038;utm_campaign=0eef73c87d-6-28-22+Weekly+Training+Digest&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=0_26742a15dc-0eef73c87d-427982328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> by Doris Truong the day the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade telling journalists that \u201c<em>pregnant people<\/em> is more inclusive language than <em>pregnant women<\/em>.\u201d The article continued, \u201cIf reporting on an individual, ask the source what gender identity to use. The gender might not be relevant to your story. If it is, respect how your source self-identifies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Truong cited an NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/publiceditor\/2022\/02\/18\/1081846292\/an-infusion-of-inclusion-into-the-news\">article<\/a> by Kelly McBride that said, \u201cNot everyone who is pregnant identifies as a woman. \u2026 For NPR, the term \u2018pregnant people\u2019 is used to be more accurate and inclusive.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Beyond the individual words used in covering abortion, Poynter published articles telling journalists from what perspective they should cover Politico\u2019s publication of a leaked draft opinion overruling Roe v. Wade. One Poynter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/ethics-trust\/2022\/politico-supreme-court-leak-roe-v-wade-journalism-ethics\/\">article<\/a>, also by Kelly McBride, acknowledged the leak left \u201clingering ethics questions\u201d about Politico\u2019s failure to sufficiently assure skeptical readers of the leaked draft opinion\u2019s authenticity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEditors at Politico would help dubious readers if they explained why they are so confident the document is real and how they made the decision to publish it,\u201d the article said. \u201cWhen confronted with an unprecedented leak like this, news consumers are understandably skeptical in this era of mis- and disinformation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Authenticity and credibility were Poynter\u2019s cited ethical concerns, not the publication of a draft opinion obtained through an unprecedented leak that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/pro-choice-group-ruth-sent-us-suggests-targeting-amy-coney-barretts-children\/\">risked justices\u2019 lives and family members<\/a> and led to an assassination attempt. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould the document\u2019s authenticity come into question,\u201d the article said, \u201cPolitico\u2019s failure to be more transparent will damage its credibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article did not present the leak itself as unethical, much less suggest that journalists do so. \u201cAs long as the document holds up as authentic \u2026 Politico seems to be on solid ethical ground,\u201d the article said. <\/p>\n<p>Another Poynter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/commentary\/2022\/supreme-court-roe-v-wade-opinion-vs-politico-leak\/\">article<\/a>, by Tom Jones, told journalists that the opinion, not the leak, was the \u201cdominant story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no question that the most significant part of this story is the potential ramifications this could have on abortion,\u201d the article says. \u201cLet me repeat that part: What this means for abortion in this country remains the dominant story here.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Olivia Hajicek is an intern at The Federalist and a junior at Hillsdale College studying history and journalism. She has covered campus and city news as a reporter for The Hillsdale Collegian. 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