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According to a just-published Pew Research study, 85% of MSNBC’s airtime is devoted to opinions and commentary, with only CNN delivering more than 50% “factual reporting” out of the three cable networks examined.  Breitbart is doing cartwheels: “MSNBC is everything that progressives imagine Fox to be. As the charts demonstrate, it is little more than a conduit for progressive opinion …

This summer the Washington Post will erect a paywall similar that used by the New York Times, with a limit of 20 free articles per month. The step, while modest compared with moves by some other publications, marks a major change for The Post, which has shied away from what is known as a paywall for fear of driving away …

Dressed as a Boy Scout, last night Madonna appeared at the GLAAD Media Awards to honor Anderson Cooper with the Vito Russo Award. Her speech touched on bullying, LGBT suicide, the gay men arrested at her concert in Russia, Pussy Riot, and Iran’s gay death penalty.  “I don’t know about you, but I can’t take this shit anymore.”  My loyal …

Next month Chris Hayes will take over the 8PM weekday slot at MSNBC as the network moves Ed Schultz to the weekends.  The New York Times reports: Mr. Hayes, a liberal intellectual who has hosted a well-regarded weekend morning program on MSNBC for the past 18 months, is a protege of Rachel Maddow, the highest-rated host on the channel. He …

Early this morning a JMG reader sent us his photo of the front page of today’s Denver Post.  Anticipating complaints, the paper has published a defense of the photo. We have received objections to our photographs of gay couples before, so we all knew there would likely be a negative reaction to running the picture of Ferrandino. The civil unions …

The fourth annual Haas Convening is underway in Philadelphia, where about 70 LGBT journalists have gathered for brainstorming and training on critical issues facing the community. Among today’s presenters are noted lawyer Lavi Soloway, who advocates for bi-national couples who face DOMA-related deportations. Other issues on today’s agenda include LGBT rights abroad and asylum rights, aging and seniors in the …

This weekend I’ll be in Philadelphia to attend the fourth annual Haas Convening, a symposium for LGBT journalists sponsored by the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund and the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association. Organizer Bil Browning gives a preview at Bilerico: “This year’s convening is focusing on coalition building. We’ll have presentations on immigration reform, international issues, the …

For the last week the LGBT blogosphere has been battling the Associated Press over a direction to  their reporters that they should not automatically refer to people in legal same-sex marriages as “husband” or “wife.”  I left the story alone because I figured the AP would immediately correct such as obviously wrong position. Today they finally did. Here’s the new …

GLAAD today announced the nominations for its 2013 Media Awards, which covers television, movies, print, and digital journalism.  Among the nominees, perhaps surprisingly, is Andrew Sullivan for his Newsweek cover article on President Obama, The First Gay President. GLAAD ticks off some other notables via press release: Among the nominees: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, starring Ezra Miller, Logan …

In a Christian Post article about Rick Warren’s just-issued denouncement of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, we find this paragraph: Uganda is one of the only places in the world where engaging in homosexual activity is considered a crime, punishable by fines and jail time, with some government members pushing to make same-sex acts a capital punishment offense. Some reports stated that …

As classy as ever. (Tipped by JMG reader Matthew)

Yesterday the New York Post published a terrifying full-page front cover photo of a man who had just been pushed onto the subway tracks by an apparently mentally ill person. In the photo, the downtown-bound Q train is about twenty feet away from the victim, who was killed instantly a moment later. The Post has since come under widespread criticism …

In an update to their style guide for reporters, today the Associated Press officially discouraged the usage of the word “homophobia.”  The update reads: phobia An irrational, uncontrollable fear, often a form of mental illness. Examples: acrophobia, a fear of heights, and claustrophobia, a fear of being in small, enclosed spaces. Do not use in political or social contexts: homophobia, …

Chelsea Clinton recorded a spot in support of Washington state’s Referendum 74 but NBC News prevented its airing because she works for them as a journalist. Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed: Clinton, a vocal proponent of marriage equality, cut the video for a group supporting the Washington state measure, as well as a second video for another group. But NBC, …

Two days ago polling prognosticator Nate Silver offered to make a $1000 election bet with MSNBC host Joe Scarborough.  Silver’s overlords at the New York Times are taking a dim view. From their Public Editor Journal: Whatever the motivation behind it, the wager offer is a bad idea – giving ammunition to the critics who want to paint Mr. Silver …

Out Magazine is teasing out the names on their 18th annual ranking of the most 100 influential LGBT Americans. In the first batch of names is my pal and SiriusXM host, Michelangelo Signorile. Our congrats to Mike!  Hit the link for more names.

“It is improbable that the framers of the Constitution anticipated a situation in which the press were entirely given over to seditious, anti-American policies. If they had, it is likely that their modus operandi would be similar to that for any faction found guilty of high crimes. Trials for treason and the requisite sentences would apply, and I would have …

“In a Washington Post column headlined ‘Silence Is Golden on Gay Issues,’ my longtime colleague and friend Jonathan Capehart heralds it as ‘a great thing’ that gay issues weren’t discussed in the presidential debates this year. The Human Rights Campaign’s Fred Sainz agrees, telling Capehart, ‘What we’re seeing is proof positive that gay issues aren’t the wedge they used to …

Entertainment Weekly reports that Clark Kent is quitting the Daily Planet to launch his own version of the Huffington Post. The embattled world of print journalism has lost one of its most respected voices. In this month’s issue of Superman, crime reporter Clark Kent will leave his job at The Daily Planet, after growing more and more disgusted with the …