World watches battle between Covington boys and mainstream media – live updates

Jan 24, 2019 by Jill

by Calvin Freiburger, LifeSite:

New developments continue to roll in as America’s and much of the world’s attention has been captured by the confrontation between Catholic teenagers at the March for Life and a group of left-wing activists last weekend, which was quickly revealed to have been very different than initial characterizations of the event.

[…] Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins has issued the following statement:

What is amazing to me is how aggressively the media ignores hundreds and thousands people – nuns and pastors, families made by adoption and birth, young and old, rich and poor, volunteers in pregnancy care centers and students from across the country – all marching for Life. They see nothing, wading through a crowd, to find something they can criticize. Attacking students based on a few minutes of video is offensive for many reasons, but ignoring all that could be easily seen is just as problematic. The story of the March for Life deserves to be told by those who ignore it because of their bias and prejudice against people of faith and in favor of abortion.

We are glad to see the truth coming out about what really happened Friday afternoon and are keeping the Covington students in our prayers as they deal with the fallout of this media set-up, particularly the vicious threats they continue to receive on social media. Our team at Students for Life has reached out to them as we stand ready to help them continue their pro-life activism at their school and in their community. Quite frankly, this story gets to the root of why so many conservatives and pro-lifers don’t trust the mainstream media any longer.

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