Thursday, February 24, 2005
Another Talon News Plagiarist
(Note - Ryan Fenno is the man behind this story. He e-mailed me shortly after I blogged about Steve Roeder's many acts of plagiarism two weeks ago. We've been in constant e-mail contact ever since, and I've invited Ryan to guest blog because there's too much trouble in the world for one man to document (and Duncan spurned my offer). Ryan will be writing the next chapter to this part of the Propagannon Saga, but I'm gonna start it off (but...again...he's the man responsible for spotting yet another Talon News plagiarist...so you better give him credit, blogosphere, or I'm gonna poison pen ya).
Calling David Kravetz of the Associated Press. Have you ever heard of a Leslie Wetzel from Texas? On June 2, 2004 Leslie Wetzel was seen in the vicinity of GOPUSA with what appears to be your words. Are you or the Associated Press going to do something about that? We're all waiting to see.
"Abortion Ban Ruled Unconstitutional" by David Kravetz was published on June 1st, 2004: link. The next day, Leslie Wetzel turned David's hard work into "Judge Overturns Partial Birth Abortion Plan" (cache link) which doesn't sound like the same story but it pretty much is:
Kravetz: "a federal judge declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional Tuesday, saying it infringes on a woman's right to choose."
Wetzel: "Federal Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled on Tuesday that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is unconstitutional and infringes on a woman's right to choose."
Kravetz: "She agreed with abortion rights activists that a woman's right to choose is paramount, and that it is therefore "irrelevant" whether a fetus suffers pain, as abortion foes contend."
Wetzel: "Judge Hamilton agreed with pro-abortion activists that a woman's right to choose is paramount, and that it is therefore "irrelevant" whether a fetus suffers pain."
Kravetz: "The challenge was brought by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the ruling applies to the nation's 900 or so Planned Parenthood clinics and their doctors, who perform about half the 1.3 million abortions done each year in the United States."
Wetzel: "The challenge was brought by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The ruling applies to all of the approximately 900 Planned Parenthood clinics and their doctors, who perform virtually half of the 1.3 million abortions performed each year in the United States."
Kravetz: "Federal judges in New York and Nebraska also heard challenges to the law earlier this year from other abortion-rights forces but have yet to rule."
Wetzel: "Federal Judges in New York and Nebraska have heard cases brought by other abortion-rights groups, but have not ruled."
Kravetz: "Planned Parenthood lawyer Beth Parker welcomed the ruling, saying it sends a "strong message" to the Bush administration "that the government should not be intruding on very sensitive and private medical decisions."
Wetzel: "Beth Parker, attorney for Planned Parenthood, welcomed the ruling, saying that it "sends a strong message" to President Bush and his administration that the government "should not be intruding on very sensitive and private medical decisions.""
Kravetz: "It banned a procedure that is known to doctors as intact dilation and extraction, but is called "partial-birth abortion" by abortion foes."
Wetzel: "The procedure, commonly referred to as partial-birth abortion and by medical organizations as "intact dilation and extraction,""
Kravetz: "Justice Department attorneys argued the procedure is inhumane, causes pain to the fetus and is never medically necessary. A government lawyer told the judge that it "blurs the line of abortion and infanticide.""
Wetzel: "Justice Department attorneys argued the procedure is inhumane, causes pain to the fetus, and is never medically necessary, "blurring the line of abortion and infanticide.""
Kravetz: "Abortion proponents argued, however, that a woman's health during an abortion is more important than how the fetus is terminated, and that the banned method is often safer than a conventional abortion, in which the fetus is dismembered in the womb and then removed in pieces."
Wetzel: "Abortion proponents argue that a woman's health during an abortion is more important than how the fetus is terminated, and that the banned method is often a safer solution than a conventional abortion, in which the fetus is dismembered in the womb and then removed in pieces."
Kravetz: "In her ruling, the judge said it was "grossly misleading and inaccurate" to suggest the banned procedure verges on infanticide."
Wetzel: "Judge Hamilton said in her ruling that it was "grossly misleading and inaccurate" to suggest the procedure verges on infanticide."
Kravetz: "Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, the chief sponsor of the House bill, said the banned abortion method "has no place in a civilized society," and predicted the Supreme Court would decide the outcome."
Wetzel: "Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH), the chief sponsor of the House bill, said the banned abortion method "has no place in a civilized society," and predicted the Supreme Court would decide the outcome."
Kravetz: "They warned that the law could be used to ban almost all second-trimester abortions, which account for about 10 percent of all abortions in the United States."
Wetzel: "abortion rights advocates said the law could ban almost all second-trimester abortions, which account for about 10 percent of all abortions in the United States."
(Update: As I was about to hit post on this post based entirely on Ryan's work, I discovered something else myself. It's not just the Associated Press that got ripped off by Wetzel...she also plundered from Fox News.)
It says at this cache link that "Fox News' Anna Stolley, Ellen Uchimiya and The Associated Press contributed to this report" ("Judge Blocks Partial-Birth Abortion Ban") so it must be true:
Fox News: "Racicot said Tuesday's ruling is a "stark reminder" of the choice Americans must make in November when they go to the polls and vote for Bush or Kerry as the next president."
Wetzel: "Racicot added that Tuesday's ruling is a "stark reminder" of the choice Americans must make in November when they go to the polls and vote for Bush or Kerry as the next president."
Fox News: "The ruling applies to the nation's 900 or so Planned Parenthood clinics and their doctors, who perform roughly half of all abortions in the United States."
Wetzel: "The ruling applies to all of the approximately 900 Planned Parenthood clinics and their doctors, who perform virtually half of the 1.3 million abortions performed each year in the United States."
Fox News: "Beth Parker, attorney for Planned Parenthood, welcomed the ruling, saying that it "sends a strong message" to President Bush and his administration that the government "should not be intruding on very sensitive and private medical decisions."
Wetzel: "Planned Parenthood lawyer Beth Parker welcomed the ruling, saying it sends a "strong message" to Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Bush administration "that the government should not be intruding on very sensitive and private medical decisions.""
Fox News: "Bush-Cheney re-election campaign chairman Marc Racicot said the ruling is a prime example of "why America needs judges who will interpret the law and not legislate from the bench.""
Wetzel: "Bush-Cheney reelection campaign chairman Marc Racicot said the ruling is a prime example of "why American needs judges who will interpret the law and not legislate from the bench.""
(More on Leslie later...and not just more plagiarism...though there will be plenty more of that too)
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