It appears that the folks running You Tube can be just as fickle, unfair and politically correct as the next fellow and they've proved it by removing altogether an American Life League clip which criticized Planned Parenthood. (You can still see the spot here.) You Tube justified its action because of the “inappropriate nature” of the video clip. But the original Planned Parenthood ad, the thing that contains the "inappropriate" material ALL was pointing out -- that still remains on You Tube!“All we did in our video report was show a couple of clips from Planned Parenthood’s ‘Mile High’ ad and illustrate how it was nothing more than a part of Planned Parenthood’s effort to encourage recreational sex,” said Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League. “If there was anything inappropriate in our report, it came from Planned Parenthood’s ad, and yet their ad remains while ours is removed...”
“Our video didn’t contain anything even remotely close to YouTube’s guidelines for inappropriate material,” said Sedlak.
According to YouTube’s Community Guidelines, videos that contain “pornography or sexually explicit content, animal abuse, drug abuse, bomb making, graphic or gratuitous violence, accidents, dead bodies, or speech which attacks or demeans a group based on race or ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, and sexual orientation/gender identity” are considered inappropriate material.
Mr. Sedlak claims that since their video does not meet any of these requirements, its removal “is a clear-cut case of censorship!” However, Sedlak does not think that the fault lies with YouTube alone, “Obviously, Planned Parenthood’s attack dogs flagged our video to hide the truth, and YouTube caved to their pressure,” he asserted.
Planned Parenthood has engaged in these types of organized campaigns in the past. Most recently, the Golden Gate chapter of Planned Parenthood ran an e-mail campaign to have radio spots created by the U.S. Bishops promoting marriage taken off the air. The same radio ads were targeted in San Francisco and Seattle by the abortion provider...
The above paragraphs are taken from the CNA story about the action. And ALL is encouraging pro-lifers to sign this e-petition asking You Tube to act fairly and responsibly in this matter rather than serving as an unprincipled shill for Planned Parenthood's interests.
