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ABC, NBC mum on why gay wedding on Rose Bowl float wasn't part of TV coverage
CNS News ^ | 01/03/2014 | Penny Starr

Posted on 01/04/2014 8:19:50 PM PST by NetAddicted

(CNSNews.com) – The two television networks – ABC and NBC – that covered the 2014 Tournament of Roses parade live on Jan. 1 are not saying why the wedding of two men atop the AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s float was not part of their programming viewed by more than 60 million people around the world.

When CNSNews.com asked whether the wedding was covered and, if not, why not, ABC’s press office said there would be no official statement about the event and cited technical issues. NBC did not respond to the questions.

ABC ran a news article about the gay wedding on Jan. 1 saying the two homosexual men were “making history.”

“One hundred twenty-five years of tradition collided with change and controversy as the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., today included a gay marriage ceremony on a float,” the article stated. “The theme of the parade was ‘Dreams Come True,’ and they evidently did for Danny LeClair and Aubrey Loots.”

The local paper in Pasadena, Calif., where the parade takes place each year, posted a story online with the headline: TV Stations Cut Away From Gay Marriage During Rose Parade.”

“Did you miss the gay wedding aboard the AIDS Healthcare Foundation float during the 125th Rose Parade?” the Jan. 1 article on the Pasadena Star News website states. “You're not alone.

“Multiple TV stations cut away from the float quickly or entirely during the Wednesday morning live broadcast,” the article stated. “Many took to Twitter to express their feelings about the decision.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abc; california; fdrq; homosexuality; memebuilding; nbc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; pasadena
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Haven't seen the official TV ratings, yet.
1 posted on 01/04/2014 8:19:50 PM PST by NetAddicted
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To: NetAddicted

Yes, even ABC and NBC realize gay marriage is just wrong!


2 posted on 01/04/2014 8:21:01 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: NetAddicted

Even the homophiles have their limits...


3 posted on 01/04/2014 8:22:32 PM PST by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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To: NetAddicted

Obviously the MSM is HOMOPHOBIC!!!!


4 posted on 01/04/2014 8:23:42 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: The_Media_never_lie

There is no such thing as gay “marriage”. Unions of any sort between two willing sodomites is anything but a marriage; it’s an abomination.


5 posted on 01/04/2014 8:24:02 PM PST by South40 (Liberalism is a Disease)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

No, they thought they’d lose even more viewers if they showed it.


6 posted on 01/04/2014 8:24:14 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

They saw what happened to A&E...


7 posted on 01/04/2014 8:24:42 PM PST by cableguymn (It's time for a second political party.)
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To: NetAddicted

Is it possible networks are getting tired of giving the finger to everyday Americans?


8 posted on 01/04/2014 8:27:03 PM PST by GOPJ ("Remember who the real enemy is... ")
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To: NetAddicted

Because they were afraid the lovely couple would choose to consummate it, right then and there?


9 posted on 01/04/2014 8:28:06 PM PST by NonValueAdded (It's not the penalty, it's the lack of coverage on 1 Jan. Think about it.)
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To: NetAddicted

Piss off fags


10 posted on 01/04/2014 8:28:06 PM PST by Rome2000 (THE WASHINGTONIANS AND UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ARE THE ENEMY -ROTATE THE CAPITAL AMONGST THE STATES)
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To: NetAddicted
FWIW there WAS a segment on either the national news or a magazine show that showed the two guys kissing on top of the float.

IIRC it was NBC but i'm not positive. Could have been CBS because Mrs p6 tends to have that on in the mornings.

11 posted on 01/04/2014 8:28:46 PM PST by prisoner6 (FREEDOM)
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To: NetAddicted

We didn’t watch the Rose parade because we decided to pass on the Gaystapo’s “In Your Face, America!” moment.


12 posted on 01/04/2014 8:30:07 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (The Truth Is Out There. Just don't let anyone know that you're looking for it.)
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To: NetAddicted
viewed by more than 60 million people around the world

Were they afraid of al-Qaeda, Hamas, Iran's mullahs, etc.?

13 posted on 01/04/2014 8:30:07 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: NetAddicted

In this day in day and age the networks can get instant rating sample. They must have seen that the ratings were low and they decided to not show the wedding.


14 posted on 01/04/2014 8:30:19 PM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: NetAddicted

> “Multiple TV stations cut away from the float quickly or entirely during the Wednesday morning live broadcast,” the article stated. “Many took to Twitter to express their feelings about the decision.

And they would had have 90 + times the tweets and Facebook posts against it if they would have aired it. This is just speculation, but I’m willing to bet that the sponsors told them not to air it after the other past failed attempts at promoting sodomy and boycotts of other spnsors that have ensued the past year. Sorry to break it to them but the normal people will never accept homosexuality as normal. That doesn’t mean we’re going to be hurling stones at them. Hell I’d help a gay person if they needed food or ran out of gas. Just can’t stand the flamers and activists (which seem to be the same).


15 posted on 01/04/2014 8:30:34 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: NetAddicted

Yeah, I had some technical difficulties as well during that parade. My TV just wouldn’t turn to that channel. It was the darndest thing. I wonder what I missed.


16 posted on 01/04/2014 8:30:55 PM PST by SamAdams76
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"Is it possible networks are getting tired of giving the finger to everyday Americans?"

They may just realize ...that its just not in THEIR best interests... to SHOW their contempt for Normal Americans.

I doubt theyve had a change of heart


17 posted on 01/04/2014 8:34:37 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ( a Safe..and Sane....2014 To All!)
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To: NetAddicted
FDRQ delenda est...
18 posted on 01/04/2014 8:34:47 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: SamAdams76

sadly it was streamed over the local station in Pasadena...I saw it on the web.

it was surreal...and thankfully quite abbreviated


19 posted on 01/04/2014 8:35:38 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ( a Safe..and Sane....2014 To All!)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

>> Yes, even ABC and NBC realize gay marriage is just wrong!

Disney, Comcast, and GE prolly not ready to force it up America’s rectum.


20 posted on 01/04/2014 8:36:48 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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