The [[Traditional Values Coalition]] states the following regarding the reporting of homosexuality and the [[United States]] media:
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 newspapers, Knight-Ridder, [[CBS News]], [[CNN]], 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 newspapers, Knight-Ridder, [[CBS News]], [[CNN]], 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>}}
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In respect to how much influence the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association has in respect to the media coverage of homosexuality the organization [[Accuracy in Media]] reported the following in relation to the groups 1999 annual 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>http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/A3367_0_2_0_C/</ref>
[[Joseph Farah]], who founded [[WorldNetDaily]], wrote an article on the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NGJA) in which he stated that he had covered the group for some time.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15046</ref> However, it wasn't until their 10th anniversary that the shed the guise of portraying themselves as an objective professional organization that promotes higher journalistic standards in regards to the issue of homosexuality and showed themselves as promoters of a [[Homosexual Agenda|homosexual activist agenda]] that attempts to gain special rights.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15046</ref>
[[Joseph Farah]], who founded [[WorldNetDaily]], wrote an article on the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NGJA) in which he stated that he had covered the group for some time.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15046</ref> However, it wasn't until their 10th anniversary that the shed the guise of portraying themselves as an objective professional organization that promotes higher journalistic standards in regards to the issue of homosexuality and showed themselves as promoters of a [[Homosexual Agenda|homosexual activist agenda]] that attempts to gain special rights.<ref>http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15046</ref>