{"id":18940,"date":"2020-09-18T14:55:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T21:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=18940"},"modified":"2020-09-18T14:25:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T21:25:32","slug":"undercover-journalist-hits-planned-parenthood-with-defamation-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/undercover-journalist-hits-planned-parenthood-with-defamation-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Undercover Journalist Hits Planned Parenthood with Defamation Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18760\" src=\"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/watching-300x100-300x100-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18941\" src=\"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/David-Daleiden-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/David-Daleiden-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/David-Daleiden.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" title=\"Posts by Graham Piro\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/graham-piro\/\" rel=\"author\">Graham Piro<\/a> &#8211; September 18, 2020<\/p>\n<p>Undercover journalist David Daleiden filed a defamation lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, alleging that a communications officer gave false statements to a publication regarding organ harvesting operations.<\/p>\n<p>Attorneys for Daleiden at the Thomas More Society said that the nation&#8217;s largest abortion organization orchestrated a smear campaign to distract from the content of his work, which featured candid conversations with Planned Parenthood executives about the trade of baby body parts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have not been surprised over their campaign to smear the reputation of Mr. Daleiden, but they are not allowed to falsely besmirch his reputation for exposing the truth,&#8221; Thomas More Society president Tom Brejcha said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint cites a quote given by a communications officer from Planned Parenthood to <em>Rewire<\/em> <em>News<\/em>\u00a0that accused Daleiden and his organization, the Center for Medical Progress, of having &#8220;manufacture[d] a fake smear campaign against Planned Parenthood.&#8221; It also cites a tweet from November 2019 that claimed Daleiden, who posed as a prospective buyer of fetal organs, distorted the truth in his videos.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In reality, as PPFA and its representatives recorded on the Videos readily admit in other fora, Plaintiffs\u2019 videos accurately record Planned Parenthood officials&#8217; own shocking words spoken in real life,&#8221; the complaint says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/undercover-journalist-hits-planned-parenthood-with-defamation-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/freebeacon.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Piro &#8211; September 18, 2020 Undercover journalist David Daleiden filed a defamation lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, alleging that a communications officer gave false statements to a publication regarding organ harvesting operations. 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