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Thursday, August 11, 2005

Ads Write News

Posted by on August 11 at 11:06 AM

Okay, so maybe NARAL’s latest ad fudges the facts when it came to Supreme Court nominee John Roberts’ role in Bray v. Alexandria Women’s Health Clinic, argued before the SCOTUS in the early ’90s. (Josh, this seems like your beat.)

But isn’t ironic that NARAL had to run a misleading ad for me to even hear about the facts of the case? Thanks, New York Times, for the five (five!) paragraphs describing the case, the issues at stake, and Roberts’ involvement on the front page of today’s paper. It’s just too bad the facts weren’t on the table before NARAL’s aggressive campaign required reporters to dig ‘em up.