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SACRAMENTO, April 11, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Sacramento-area television station has issued a clarification and apology after pro-life activists cried foul over a report they said was full of lies.

Project Truth was accused in a recent KOVR-13 news report of blanketing neighborhoods and cars near a high school with graphic images of abortion victims. The news report included footage of an angry neighbor of the school telling an unidentified man to stop putting abortion literature on his car. 

However, Project Truth denied that the man was part of their team, and said they only hand out literature to students who express interest. In a formal letter to the station, the group’s legal counsel, Allison Aranda of Life Legal Defense Foundation, speculated that reporter Anjali Hemphill staged the footage herself in order to drive a false narrative designed to make the pro-life movement look bad.

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On Wednesday, the station acknowledged the coverage was deceptive and issued an apology, but stopped short of saying it was intentional on the part of either Hemphill or KOVR-13.

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“During our report, we interviewed Larry Blount, who lives across the street from the school and was upset by the fliers,” the station said.  “A portion of the interview we aired may have created the impression that someone from the group, which calls itself Project Truth, placed a flier on Mr. Blount’s car.  The other person we showed appeared to be one of Mr. Blount’s neighbors. … We regret any confusion.”

Aranda says her clients accept the apology. “We are pleased that KVOR chose to correct its misrepresentation of and false statements made about Project Truth, a pro-life group,” she said in a statement. “It is always our hope that media will choose to be responsible and truthful in their coverage of this and other pro-life groups. The Life Legal Defense Foundation will help set the record straight when pro-life organizations are incorrectly portrayed by the media.”