We’re all familiar with the “conservatives pounce” framing of a story. Instead of reporting the news story that Planned Parenthood directors were caught on video discussing the market for fetal organ tissue, mainstream outlets would say, “Conservative Pounce on Planned Parenthood Over Sting Video.” Or this New York Times headline, “Vatican Power Struggle Bursts Into Open as Conservatives Pounce.” That story was about the lax and indulgent treatment that a progressive sex-pest cardinal received at the hands of a progressive pope. In the mainstream, the rape-and-reassign story wasn’t the story, but rather the leverage that reactionaries were unfortunately extracting from it.
Now look at this story and the framing:
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