An incredible show of

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Event Challenging
Media Bias

There is nothing fair or impartial about national newspapers publishing

33 pro-choice articles in the space of a fortnight recently with just 1
pro-life article published during the same period. It makes a complete
mockery of genuine debate to suggest that one-sided coverage like
this somehow sheds light on the abortion issue.
Wendy Grace, Journalist

The settled media line at present is to blame the 8th Amendment

for everything whenever abortion is in the news. It is easy for the
media to accuse pro-life people of burying their heads in the sand
for not accepting abortion while wilfully refusing to discuss what
legalised abortion actually involves.
Cora Sherlock, Deputy Chairperson, Pro Life Campaign

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On 11th March, several thousand prolife people came together to call out
the media over its bias on abortion.
The evening event outside the Dil
was the first of its kind in Ireland.
Media bias in favour of abortion is
now so entrenched that the time
for tiptoeing around the issue is
over. Some journalists seem a
little puzzled that for once we are
asking the questions not them. But
media balance is a basic feature of a
healthy democracy. Without it a small
clique of journalists end up wielding
excessive power and setting the
political agenda.

Our goal, as the speeches on the

night made clear, is to get ordinary
members of the public talking about
media bias. We are not going to spend
all our time talking about one-sided
coverage but it deserves, and will
receive, much more attention than it
has in the past.

Baby Grace McBreen

Martin and Sinead Mc Breen
brightened up everyones day when
they introduced their beautiful four
month old daughter Grace to the
crowd. Their personal story of how
they were pressured by medical staff
to abort Grace, but refused, is truly
inspirational.
But stories like this are being shunned
and side-lined by the media as the
relentless push for more abortion
gathers pace. The huge turnout at
the recent event challenging media
bias represents a small but significant
step in the right direction. Media
groupthink is finally being exposed.

Martin McBreen telling the story of Baby Grace

Wendy Grace

Cora Sherlock

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Baby Grace McBreen pictured with her sisters Clodagh and Annagh

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