David Daleiden
publication date: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 (part of January 2025)
category: 
Hoaxes
clue: Ten years ago, his organization found it easier to acquire controversy, Congressional attention, and news coverage than fetal tissue.
explanation: Daleiden was the founder of the anti-abortion organization Center for Medical Progress. In the summer of 2015, the organization released secretly-made videos purporting that Planned Parenthood officials were selling fetal tissue for profit, including one video in which organization members posed as potential buyers without success. The videos dominated the news and attracted widespread condemnation of Planned Parenthood, but were determined to have been highly edited and substantially false. Daleiden faced numerous criminal charges and civil lawsuits over the next five years. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, and Samir Mehta
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