And the Media Turn a Blind Eye to Buffett’s Abortion Funding
The grandfatherly “Oracle of Omaha” is a media favorite. Journalists seek his opinion on taxes and the economy, relish his close ties to President Obama, and always want to hear his business prognostications. So it’s odd that, although ABC, CBS and NBC have mentioned Buffett in 545 broadcasts since January 2001, the three broadcast networks only once alluded to Warren Buffett’s connection with abortion during their morning and evening shows.
And that story wasn’t even explicitly about Warren. When Buffett’s first wife passed away in July 2004, NBC’s Tom Brokaw mentioned her “major” support for Planned Parenthood in a “Nightly News” obituary.
And it isn’t as though they haven’t talked about his other charitable activity. The broadcast networks also consistently gushed over Buffett’s philanthropy and “incredibly generous” character. For example, on July 30, 2013, the entire “Good Morning America” team fawned over Buffett’s decision to auction off a tour of a chocolate factory for charity. ABC co-anchor Lara Spencer called him “incredibly generous” and praised “his pure imagination,” comparing him to the character Willy Wonka.
The Pro-life Response
But while the media practiced bias, pro-life organizations expressed outrage at the amount of Buffett’s support dedicated to the demise of babies in the womb.
To the Culture and Media Institute, Lila Rose, president of Live Action, described Buffett’s “money to fund abortions for minority women” as something that “rivals the money invested for genocide by warlords” “By investing this money,” she stressed, “Buffett put himself up there with other genocide makers of the past.”
The following is a list of pro-abortion groups that have received funding from the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation. This list does not include any groups that provide contraceptives, but not abortion, or groups that encourage natural family planning methods. The only groups included on this list, and in the final tally, were groups which either provided abortions themselves or advocated for abortion or access to abortion.
Abortion Access Project: $4,713,033
Center for Reproductive Rights
Central Iowa Family Planning
Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health and Rights
NARAL
National Abortion Federation
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health
Planned Parenthood
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Health
Society of Family Planning
Catholics for a Free Choice
Grupo de Informacion en Reproduccion Elegida
Ibis Reproductive Health
Medical Students for Choice
Ms. Foundation for Women
National Institute for Reproductive Health
Abortion Access Project
Gynuity Health Projects
Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights
Family Health International
National Partnership for Women and Families
Feminist Majority Foundation
Guttmacher Institute
Advocates for Youth
DKT International
Irish Family Planning Association
Marie Stopes International
National Women’s Law Center
Pathfinder International
Population Council
Population Services International
Engender Health
Venture Strategies for Health and Development
Willow Foundation
LifeNews Note: Katie Yoder writes for Newsbusters, where this originally appeared. Business and Media Institute’s Sean Long contributed to this report.
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