Media Bias in the Schiavo Case

Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, wrote for MSNBC in 2005, "The time has come to let Terri Schiavo die". His piece continues to be an example of how the "experts" can be brilliantly wrong in their assessments of a situation - even one within their own field of expertise.

Naturally, Caplan is involved in the upcoming ethics conference at the University of Pennsylvania featuring Michael Schiavo, Judge George Greer and Ronald Cranford, all of whom were central characters in the effort to remove Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube for the purpose of ending her life. He moderates a session and is delivering the closing remarks.

The media cards always seemed stacked against Terri’s parents and family, the Schindlers, as they desperately fought for her life. In an article about Caplan, the North Country Gazette explains one reason why:

Arthur Caplan did his best to taint the media, appearing on MSNBC, advocating her death, appearing before the House Judiciary Committee to testify against a federal review, testifying against House Bill 1151 "The Incapacitated Persons Legal Protection Act" which would have allowed federal intervention in cases like Schiavo's where state courts have ruled in favor of terminating life support.

Read the rest of the North Country Gazette's report: Click Here