Phelim McAleer - Articles - RealClearPolitics

Gosnell Abortion Film Too Much for Kickstarter

Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:00:00 -0500

I was really, really happy when Kickstarter came on the scene. The crowd-funding Web site offered the opportunity for struggling artists and filmmakers to bypass corporate, union or not-for-profit funders and their agendas and interests.

Kickstarter was set up to allow us to put up a pitch — go directly to the public; if people liked it, they could fund it with small donations.

Front Row at the Gosnell Horror Show

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500

So there I was in Philadelphia with a few free days during the recent PA tour of my documentary FrackNation.

What to do with the free time? Friends made suggestions. But from the moment I was invited on the PA tour I knew that as a reporter and news junkie there was only one place to spend my downtime.

It was, of course, the Kermit Gosnell murder trial. I say “of course” because it would be reasonable to assume that most Americans know some of the details of a trial where a doctor is charged with murdering seven children and patients in his clinic.

Challenging Al Gore's "Truth"

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500