One of CNSNews.com’s favorite dishonest reporting tactics is to falsely smear Planned Parenthood by reporting the about of federal funding it receives along with the number of abortions it has performed, but omitting the crucial fact that federal funding does not — and cannot — pay for abortions there.
Well, CNS is riding the dishonesty horse again, and this time it’s Penny Starr doing the deceptive honors:
Planned Parenthood says in its new 2014-2015 annual report, which was released this month, that its affiliates around the country did 323,999 abortion procedures in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, 2014 and that those affiliates received $553.7 million in “government health services grants and reimbursements” in the year that ended on June 30, 2015.
In its previous annual report, Planned Parenthood had reported that its affiliates did 327,653 abortions in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, 2013 and that those affiliates had received $528.4 million in “government health services grants and reimbursements” in the year that ended on June 30, 2014.
At no point in her five-paragraph article did Starr note that, by federal law, money from Title X and Medicaid — which is where the federal funding to Planned Parenthood comes from — cannot pay for abortions. She did, however, devote one-fifth of her article to mentioning that “CNSNews.com contacted Planned Parenthood to ask why the organization has different 12-month periods for reporting services and revenues but no response was received.”
That’s the kind of dishonest bias that makes Starr a star CNS reporter.