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"The reason the Times, and to a lesser extent the Post, are so important, and they are, is because the TV and radio - all of the media - copy it sycophantically," he [John Stossel] said. "That's how bias at the Times becomes bias in other media."<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200401/CUL20040128a.html</ref>}}

"The reason the Times, and to a lesser extent the Post, are so important, and they are, is because the TV and radio - all of the media - copy it sycophantically," he [John Stossel] said. "That's how bias at the Times becomes bias in other media."<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200401/CUL20040128a.html</ref>}}

In respect to the issue homosexuality and the New York Times, [[Accuracy in Media]] quotes a report by [[Peter LaBarbera]] stating that Richard Berke, the national political correspondent for the New York Times, made an appearance on behalf of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and revealed that three-quarters of the people who now decide what goes on the front page of the New York Times are "not so closeted homosexuals."<ref>http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/A3014_0_2_0_C/</ref>  New York Times publisher [[Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr.]] has denied the the New York Times has a liberal viewpoint and has stated the New York Times has a "urban" viewpoint.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=</ref>  However, in the summer of 2004, the newspaper's then public editor (ombudsman), Daniel Okrent, published a piece on the Times' liberal bias and cited the example of their coverage of [[Homosexuality and Marriage|homosexual marriage]].<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/facts/2007/facts2007914.asp</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=</ref> In addition, the [[Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation]] (GLAAD) gave the New York Times an award for "Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage".<ref>http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/A1442_0_2_0_C/</ref>  In respect to the an official of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Accuracy in Media gives an account of "an official of the group advising the press not to cover former homosexuals because it would be comparable to quoting the [[Ku Klux Klan]] about [[Civil Rights|civil rights]]."<ref>http://www.aim.org/special_report/A5366_0_8_0_C/</ref>

In respect to the issue homosexuality and the New York Times, [[Accuracy in Media]] quotes a report by [[Peter LaBarbera]] stating that Richard Berke, the national political correspondent for the New York Times, made an appearance on behalf of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and revealed that three-quarters of the people who now decide what goes on the front page of the New York Times are "not so closeted homosexuals."<ref>http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/A3014_0_2_0_C/</ref>  New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. has denied the the New York Times has a liberal viewpoint and has stated the New York Times has a "urban" viewpoint.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=</ref>  However, in the summer of 2004, the newspaper's then public editor (ombudsman), Daniel Okrent, published a piece on the Times' liberal bias and cited the example of their coverage of [[Homosexuality and Marriage|homosexual marriage]].<ref>http://www.cnsnews.com/facts/2007/facts2007914.asp</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/weekinreview/25bott.html?ei=5088&en=452926dcb11511a3&ex=1248667200&pagewanted=all&position=</ref> In addition, the [[Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation]] (GLAAD) gave the New York Times an award for "Outstanding Newspaper Overall Coverage".<ref>http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/A1442_0_2_0_C/</ref>  In respect to the an official of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Accuracy in Media gives an account of "an official of the group advising the press not to cover former homosexuals because it would be comparable to quoting the [[Ku Klux Klan]] about [[Civil Rights|civil rights]]."<ref>http://www.aim.org/special_report/A5366_0_8_0_C/</ref>

===Coverage of the Murders of Jesse Dirkhising and Matthew Shephard===

===Coverage of the Murders of Jesse Dirkhising and Matthew Shephard===