{"id":178150,"date":"2018-10-25T05:07:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T05:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=178150"},"modified":"2018-10-29T06:48:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T06:48:51","slug":"new-york-times-slammed-for-rejecting-gosnell-movie-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=178150","title":{"rendered":"New York Times Slammed for Rejecting GOSNELL Movie Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Third Time Newspaper Refuses to Cover Gosnell Story<\/strong><\/h1>\n

GOSNELL — Press Release October 24, 2018, Los Angeles<\/h1>\n

\"2-3-17-gosnell\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The<\/em> New York Times<\/em> newspaper has turned down ads factually criticizing the newspaper for refusing to review a controversial abortion movie amid claims of liberal bias and censorship.<\/span><\/p>\n

The paper also stands accused of trying to insert a false narrative about its refusal to review the film trying to force the advertisement to falsely state the movie producers had failed to make the film available for review.<\/span><\/p>\n

The paper had agreed to carry a quarter page advertisement for the movie GOSNELL: The Trial of America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer<\/strong><\/em> but advertising executives demanded it is changed to misrepresent the facts after facing pressure from colleagues in the film section.<\/span><\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/em> and other mainstream media outlets had come under withering criticism for refusing to review the Gosnell<\/strong><\/em> movie despite a national release of the film in over 650 theaters. Now film producer Phelim McAleer has slammed the paper for refusing to carry an ad because it factually criticized them for their lack of review.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gosnell<\/em><\/strong> tells the true story of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell who was charged with killing babies and patients. It is thought in a 30-year killing spree, he killed hundreds and potentially thousands of victims. ABC News described him as “America’s most prolific serial killer.”<\/span><\/p>\n

His trial in 2013 became a national scandal due to the national media’s lack of coverage of the case. Eventually, a massive citizen journalist and social media campaign forced mainstream reporters to cover the story. A number of journalists and outlets apologized\u00a0for their lack of coverage promising to do better in future.<\/span><\/p>\n

A New York Times<\/em> advertising executive told McAleer that the news department was refusing to allow the ad criticizing them for not reviewing the film because “it was actually never submitted to us.”<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the paper backed down on this demand when the accuracy of the statement was challenged. In reality, The New York Times<\/em> was contacted on two\u00a0separate\u00a0occasions offering the film for viewing and a review.<\/span><\/p>\n

Confronted with this information the\u00a0paper then changed its position and demanded that the\u00a0advertisement simply state “The paper\u00a0did not review the film.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Producer McAleer said this was an attempt by the\u00a0newspaper to keep the facts from its readers.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Although they initially denied it – it is a\u00a0fact that the paper\u00a0was offered the Gosnell<\/strong><\/em> movie twice for review. They did not review it and are now trying to rewrite that history – first by lying and then by obscuring the facts. This is\u00a0unacceptable.”<\/span><\/p>\n

McAleer said the\u00a0attempted rewriting\u00a0of history by The New York Times<\/em> is not\u00a0surprising and is part of a pattern of the mainstream media not wanting to report the facts surrounding the Gosnell case.<\/span><\/p>\n

“They don’t\u00a0want people to know about this film because it asks some very awkward questions about abortion. And that has been the\u00a0situation all along. They didn’t want to cover the trial and now they don’t want to cover the film about the trial. They really want to bury this story that poses difficult\u00a0questions about abortion.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s shocking that they wanted to force me to lie about how they refused to review the film –\u00a0I think the readers of The New York Times<\/em> expect better.”<\/span><\/p>\n

McAleer said Gosnell<\/strong><\/em> has faced relentless opposition since it was proposed five years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The mainstream media, Hollywood and Silicon Valley seem to want this film to fail. Kickstarter\u00a0refused to let us crowdfund for the film,\u00a0NPR\u00a0wouldn\u2019t let us advertise the launch,\u00a0Facebook\u00a0continues blocking our ads – they have blocked\u00a0over 50 now.”<\/span><\/p>\n

McAleer said the film because it is based on trial testimony is presenting facts and making\u00a0people think.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The establishment hate that. We have already had a number of people state on social media that the film has moved them from pro-choice to pro-life. This alarms the pro-abortion establishment and it’s why they are trying to shut the film down.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Gosnell<\/strong><\/em> movie has become one of the surprise indie hits of the year. Despite playing in just over 600 theaters it was in the top 10 movies\u00a0and was the biggest independent movie in the US\u00a0during its opening weekend. The film has gathered momentum through word of mouth and social media.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Despite the New York Times and other papers refusing to review or even advertise it, Gosnell has become a surprise hit, screening in over 600 theatres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":177698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-controlling-the-news-andor-the-free-exchange-of-ideas-and-information","category-The_Media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178150"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178153,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178150\/revisions\/178153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/177698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}