Reporter asks Pelosi uncomfortable abortion questions, press assumes he's just some activist

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Washington Examiner:

T. Becket Adams

0/2/15

 

 

CNS News' Sam Dorman peppered House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Thursday afternoon with several questions about abortion, and a few unimpressed reporters responded quickly by assuming that he was either a conservative activist or just some protester.

 

"A conservative journo asked Pelosi [about] what constitutes a baby being alive," MSNBC's Luke Russert tweeted, making an assumption about Dorman's political affiliations. The Washington Post's Kelsey Snell took it a step further, and initially identified Dorman in an article as a pro-life "protester." The Post has since updated its story to reflect that Dorman is, in fact, a reporter.

 

CNS News is indeed a conservative media group. However, neither Russert nor Snell knew of Dorman's employer, or what his name even was, when they commented on his exchange with Pelosi. Yet, they both responded by assuming he was either a conservative or just some anonymous protester.

 

Dorman asked Pelosi, "Is an unborn baby with a human heart and human liver a human being?"

 

(Snip)