Jack Tapper and ABC News Got the Facts Wrong on 'Barack Obama: The Abortion President Campaign
by Staff
July 16, 2008
WASHINGTON, (christiansunite.com) -- Tapper's blog, Political Punch, falsely reported that the Christian Defense Coalition had invoked the image of slavery as part of their campaign educating the public on the radical pro- abortion agenda of Senator Obama.In his July 8 blog entitled, "Conservative Christian Group Invokes Slavery in Opposing Obama", Tapper refers to "the CDC's literature" which uses images of slavery.
The only problem is the Christian Defense Coalition has never produced any literature invoking images of slavery or linked Senator Obama, abortion and slavery.
The Coalition has asked Mr. Tapper to change his story to accurately reflect these facts.
Group hopes that Mr. Tapper simply got his facts wrong in a rush to get the story out and is not somehow trying to inject "race baiting" into the Coalition's efforts or his reporting.
Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition, states, "It is so important in this day of fast moving deadlines and quick breaking stories, that reporters get their facts right. Sadly, Jack Tapper did not accomplish this in his ABC News blog, Political Punch. Mr. Tapper falsely reported that the Christian Defense Coalition produced literature that 'invokes slavery in opposing Obama.'
"Nothing could be further from the truth. The Christian Defense Coalition has never written, produced or printed any material linking Senator Obama, slavery and abortion.
"At our news conference, we stated if Senator Obama were elected he would be the most pro-abortion president in American history. To back up that position, we pointed out that he wants Americans to pay for abortions through his health care plan.
"The Christian Defense Coalition hopes ABC News and Jack Tapper will do the moral thing and make the changes we have suggested and get their story right. It would be tragic if someone knowingly let false statements remain without correcting them or injected race to prove a political point."
