Maddow Guest Jeff Sharlet Falsely Claims 'Majority' of Catholics in US Are 'Pro-Choice'
Here's how the revelant portion of the conversation went -- MADDOW: Let me ask you about some of the other conventional wisdom here because the sort of conventional explanation for this is that this anti-abortion (Stupak) amendment to health reform resulted mostly from the Catholic bishops pressuring Catholic politicians to support it. But I know that you think that it's bigger than that. Can you explain why? SHARLET: Well, exact-, I think it's unfair to Catholics, I think it's unfair to evangelicals. First of all, most of the press has focused on Catholics despite the fact that a number of...
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