A few in the mainstream media are actually doing their jobs regarding the shocking videos showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing its potentially illegal fetal body parts business. One of those is CNN's Jake Tapper, who recently held White House spokesman Josh Earnest's feet to the fire about the administration's refusal to watch the videos themselves. 

Tapper asked Earnest if there was really "nothing in these tapes that bothers you or anyone in the White House?" 

When Earnest responded by again repeating Planned Parenthood's talking point that the videos are "selectively edited," Tapper blew apart that argument by pointing out that the unedited videos are also available for all to see online.

"You don’t have to watch just the edited version," said a frustrated Tapper. "You can watch the whole version."

Having no response to that, Earnest said incredibly that the White House is "relying on news reports" for its official opinion of the contents of the video. Earnest then goes on to make the specious argument that though the nation's leading provider of abortions gets over $500,000 a year from the government, it's not allowed to use that money specifically for abortions.  

Here's the full exchange: 

TAPPER: There’s nothing in these tapes that bothers you or anyone in the White House?

EARNEST: Jake, I gotta tell you. These videos were released because of their shock value and there’s no doubt that what’s depicted on these videos is shocking. I know that based on the news reports I’ve read about the videos. I haven’t actually looked at them. But people who have looked at them have raised significant questions about whether or not these videos are credible. About whether or not they’ve been selectively edited in a way to grossly distort the position and the policies of Planned Parenthood.

TAPPER: The whole video is put up on the website of this anti-abortion group that put them out. You don’t have to watch just the edited version. You can watch the whole version.

EARNEST: I’m relying on news reports that I’ve seen on people who’ve taken a look at this and raised questions about the videos themselves and there’s no doubt that this is an organization that has targeted Planned Parenthood for some time so they clearly have an ideological ax to grind. What we know to be true is that Planned Parenthood provides regular health care for millions of Americans across the country. And Planned Parenthood is not able to use federal funds to perform abortions. That is written into the rules. That is a rule that this administration has not just followed, but that this administration has supported. So it’s clear that there are some ideological games being played here. And what this administration and this president has long fought for is protecting access for women for health care. And that’s exactly why we want to make sure there’s not an ideological effort to defund Planned Parenthood that provides those important health care services to women all across the country.

TAPPER: Well, somebody at the White House should maybe watch the videos in full.

Transcript via HotAir. Video via Washington Free Beacon.