Penny Starr devotes a Dec. 14 CNSNews.com article to uncritically repeating accusations made against Planned Parenthood by Karen Handel, former executive with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which generated controversy when it (briefly) cut off funding to Planned Parenthood. Starr makes no mention of those who have disputed claims Handel makes in her book.
Starr keeps up CNS’ longtime deception of stating that Planned Parenthood has received “government health services grants and reimbursements” totaling $487.4 million and “performed 329,445 abortions” without mentioning the pertinent fact that government money does not pay for abortions, per federal law.
Then Starr adds, for no apparent reason: “Planned Parenthood’s Form 990 filed with the Internal Revenue Service for tax year July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, shows Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards’ salary, benefits and compensation totaled $420,153.”
Starr is silent, however, on what Handel made at Komen. According to the Washington Post, Handel’s boss, Nancy Brinker, made $417,000 in salary in 2010, and paid 50 top executives more than $100,000 each.
Starr seems like she’s trying to hide something. But she is an anti-abortion activist, not a real journalist, so it’s not so surprising that she’d try to protect Handel.