CONGRESS JOINS CALL FOR FULL, UNEDITED SOURCE FOOTAGE OF DECEPTIVELY EDITED VIDEOS
For Immediate Release: Dec. 28, 2015
Earlier today, The House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena to the Center for Medical Progress for all of its unedited source footage related to its recent smear campaign against Planned Parenthood.
Statement from Eric Ferrero, Vice President, Communications, Planned Parenthood Federation of America:
“There’s a reason the extremists behind these attacks have refused to release any unedited source footage --- their baseless attacks depend on heavily-edited videos that are intended to deceive the public.
“The people behind this false and fraudulent attack on Planned Parenthood have refused to answer questions about their claims, refused to publicly produce any unedited source footage for any video they’ve released, and have said they will refuse to testify in legal proceedings, citing their Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate themselves.
“If this group really thought they saw wrongdoing, they would have alerted authorities immediately and would have turned over all of their footage immediately. Instead, they have manipulated the media and possibly broken the law in order to advance their extreme political agenda.
“We've called for the full, untouched, unedited source video footage to be released, and we're glad the committee is asking for this as well, because it will only show how heavily edited and deceptive these videos are."
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Source
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Contact
Planned Parenthood Federation of America media office: 212-261-4433
Published
September 15, 2015