My childhood hero has gone crazy

[loramin]

Originally Posted by Nilstoniakrath [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

As for the PP vid, just say what it was that was fake, I don't need a link to some fake news article.

It's kind of complicated because it wasn't just one or two obvious lies, it was tons and tons of editing to make people look bad. I know you don't want a link, but for anyone else:

http://www.factcheck.org/2015/07/uns...enthood-video/

As I understand it they took tons and tons of footage and edited out everything except stuff that:

• sounds bad out of context
• sounds bad because the PP people were being tone-deaf and what they were saying was bad (but not illegal)
• sounds bad to us laypeople (eg. the cost of fetuses for research) but is totally normal to medical research people

Now I know using fetuses for research is gross, but would you rather be grossed out and have a cure for some terminal baby disease or not be grossed out and have an actual dead baby?

At the end of the day, despite the videos generating huge amounts of publicity not a single PP employee was charged with anything (not even in "red" places), but the people behind the video are all in court (and/or jail?). If there had been even the tiniest shred of evidence the bible belt Republicans would have jumped at the chance to get PP with it ... but there was none.