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| | All this in the name of [[Political Correctness|political correctness]] and conviction. <ref name="wnd" />}} | | All this in the name of [[Political Correctness|political correctness]] and conviction. <ref name="wnd" />}} |
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| − | Joseph Farah makes an excellent point above regarding journalist objectivity and homosexual activist journalist given the American media's unwillingness to cover some of the unpleasant [[Homosexuality Statistics|facts about homosexuality]]. For example, John Cloud is a homosexual activist who writes for [[Time magazine]] and wrote the October 10, 1995 cover story for Time Magazine which was entitled “The Battle Over [[Teen Homosexuality|Gay Teens]].”<ref name="trv">http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=2460</ref> John Cloud’s article rendered a positive portrayal homosexual teens who are establishing networks of Gay Straight Alliance clubs on campuses all over the United States.<ref name="trv" /> According to the Traditional Values Coalition, most readers of Time magazine were unaware that John Cloud is a homosexual who had previously written for the [[liberal]] Washington City Paper in Washington, DC. about his visit to a "homosexual sex orgy club in Washington, DC."<ref name="trv" /> | + | Joseph Farah makes an excellent point above regarding journalist objectivity and homosexual activist journalist given the American media's unwillingness to cover some of the unpleasant [[Homosexuality Statistics|facts about homosexuality]]. For example, John Cloud is a homosexual activist who writes for [[Time magazine]] and wrote the October 10, 1995 cover story for Time Magazine which was entitled “The Battle Over [[Teen Homosexuality|Gay Teens]].”<ref name="trv">http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=2460</ref> John Cloud’s article rendered a positive portrayal homosexual teens who are establishing networks of Gay Straight Alliance clubs on campuses all over the United States.<ref name="trv" /> According to the Traditional Values Coalition, most readers of Time magazine were unaware that John Cloud is a homosexual who had previously written for the [[liberal]] Washington City Paper in Washington, DC. about his visit to a "homosexual sex orgy club in Washington, DC."<ref name="trv" /> |
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| − | [[Accuracy in Media]] stated the following regarding a convention of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association:
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| − | {{cquote|Media organizations which underwrote the convention included NBC News, Times Inc., Turner Broadcasting, Knight-Ridder, the Washington Post and Fox News Network. That’s right - Fox News. This is supposed to be a conservative network. ABC, NBC, CBS, the New York Times, and USA Today all sent recruiters to the event, to hire open gays as journalists. Fitzpatrick comments, "By treating the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association as a legitimate counterpart to black and Hispanic journalists’ associations, these media organizations showed that they agree with the notion that homosexuals, a group defined by behavior rather than immutable characteristics, constitute a bona fide minority."<ref name="aim3367" />}}
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| | ==Homosexuality in the Media and the Influence of the New York Times== | | ==Homosexuality in the Media and the Influence of the New York Times== |
| | [[Image:Arthursulzbergerjr.jpg|right|thumb|Arthur Sulzberger Jr.]] | | [[Image:Arthursulzbergerjr.jpg|right|thumb|Arthur Sulzberger Jr.]] |