Coming Out in the Media

Media Monitor ^ | 6/13/2006 | Cliff Kincaid

[Mike Bates]

Joe Strupp of Editor & Publisher magazine reports that the American Society of Newspaper Editors held a "gay reception" at a meeting recently in Seattle. Strupp reported that newly-elected ASNE president David Zeeck entered a room with outgoing president Rick Rodriguez and declared, "Rick and I are coming out as a couple." Zeeck, Executive Editor of The News Tribune in Tacoma, Washington, was reported to be joking but Rodriguez offered only a "mild smile."

Zeeck was critical of another paper, The Spokesman-Review, for outing former Spokane Mayor Jim West as an alleged homosexual child-abuser.

Zeeck apparently prefers stories that put homosexuals in a favorable light. What might those be? ASNE reports that Karen Bailis of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) argues that news organizations should expand their coverage of homosexuals to such areas as parenting, in order to make them seem like your ordinary next-door neighbors.

The betting here, however, is that the "Heather has Two Mommies" stories may not go over well with the public at large.

As you may guess, the media are in the back pocket of the homosexual rights movement. Sponsors of NLGJA conventions have included CNN, ESPN, NBC News, the New York Times, NPR, CBS News, NBC News, Newsweek, Time Inc., the Washington Post and Fox News. The group's president works for the New York Post.

CNN recently announced it was giving $100,000 to the group for journalist scholarships.

[Mike Bates]

Sponsors of NLGJA conventions have included CNN, ESPN, NBC News, the New York Times, NPR, CBS News, NBC News, Newsweek, Time Inc., the Washington Post and Fox News.

Fox News? I am shocked.

[Mike Bates]

I mean, shocked.

[Obadiah]

Karen Bailis...argues that news organizations should expand their coverage of homosexuals to such areas as parenting, in order to make them seem like your ordinary next-door neighbors.

[mkjessup]

Karen Bailis...argues that news organizations should expand their coverage of homosexuals to such areas as parenting, in order to make them seem like your ordinary next-door neighbors.

Funny, that's the same tactic that al Qaeda terrorist cells are employing now, trying to look like our "ordinary next door neighbors"

while they plot to kill us all.

One terrorist group attacks from the outside with bombs and guns, the other terrorist group attacks from the inside by destroying all the moral foundations and traditions that Christian society is based upon with their depraved sexual behavior.

[Mike Bates]

If you live around the Cubs' Wrigley Field, they are your ordinary next-door neighbors.

[Essie]

Fox News seems to be sliding towards the left all the time. Who cares??? With the internet, I can get my news from other sources, and I will.

[Mike Bates]

Fox News. We report, you deride.

[KC_Conspirator]

"I'm a gay man and a gay journalist" - Doug Dangert.

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[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Did Shemale Smith come out?

[monkapotamus]

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Mike Bates]

Yes, as a very sensitive lad.

[Mike Bates]

Thanks to Google, I figured out your coded message.

[KC_Conspirator]

One of the most hilarious voices on the retiring Phil Hendrie show.