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In the [[Western World]], the media are generally tolerant towards homosexuality - as tolerant as their audience can stand.  For example, the [[Traditional Values Coalition]] states the following regarding the reporting of [[homosexuality]] and the [[United States]] media:

In the [[Western World]], the media are generally tolerant towards homosexuality - as tolerant as their audience can stand.  For example, the [[Traditional Values Coalition]] states the following regarding the reporting of [[homosexuality]] and the [[United States]] media:

{{cquote|The [[National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association]] has hundreds of members and is heavily funded by [[Hearst Corporation|Hearst newspapers]], [[Knight-Ridder]], [[CBS News]], [[CNN]], [[Gannett Company|Gannett]], [[NBC]], [[Los Angeles Times]], [[Fox News]], and more. Major newspapers throughout the U.S. have homosexual activists on their staffs who filter what you read about homosexuality.<ref>http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/Homosexuality101.pdf</ref>}}

{{cquote|The [[National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association]] has hundreds of members and is heavily funded by [[Hearst Corporation|Hearst newspapers]], [[Knight-Ridder]], [[CBS News]], [[CNN]], [[Gannett Company|Gannett]], [[NBC]], [[Los Angeles Times]], [[Fox News]], and more. Major newspapers throughout the U.S. have homosexual activists on their staffs who filter what you read about homosexuality.<ref>http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/Homosexuality101.pdf</ref>}}

 

Regarding the influence the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association has, the organization [[Accuracy in Media]] reported the following from the group's 1999 convention: "In his keynote speech, journalist Charles Kaiser boasted that "the editor and the publisher of every major news organization in America, except for [[Peter Jennings]], has by now attended [one of our events].""<ref name="aim3367">http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/A3367_0_2_0_C/</ref>

Regarding the influence the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association has, the organization [[Accuracy in Media]] reported the following from the group's 1999 convention: "In his keynote speech, journalist Charles Kaiser boasted that "the editor and the publisher of every major news organization in America, except for [[Peter Jennings]], has by now attended [one of our events].""<ref name="aim3367">http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/A3367_0_2_0_C/</ref>

In September of 2000, Mr. Farah stated the following regarding the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association:

In September of 2000, Mr. Farah stated the following regarding the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association:

{{cquote|It is...a group that has bent so far toward changing the newsroom culture that the big debate in [[San Francisco]] was whether journalists should even bother getting other points of view on homosexuals' issues and stories.  

{{cquote|It is...a group that has bent so far toward changing the newsroom culture that the big debate in [[San Francisco]] was whether journalists should even bother getting other points of view on homosexuals' issues and stories.