Related comments: While ABC, CBS and NBC kept its scandals quiet, abortion group raked in 34 percent more federal money in 2011.
- Less than 8 percent (4 out of 55) of stories on three major networks about Planned Parenthood in 2011 mention scandals
- Media focus on trivial stories about celebrities (38 stories on Charlie Sheen, 10 stories on Mila Kunis’ Marine Corps Ball invite), bury Planned Parenthood-related scandals with just four mentions
- 61 percent of Americans think that abortion should be legal in “only a few” or no circumstances, yet Planned Parenthood, nation’s largest abortion provider, receives $487 million in federal funding.