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Another Anti-Gay Gaffe By The BBC

Pink News reports that as part of the BBC’s story on the birth of Elton John’s son, the network took an “opposing view” from a Christianist who has publicly endorsed Uganda’s plan to execute homosexuals. With the introduction “not everyone is pleased to see such a high profile same sex couple start to raise a surrogate child”, Mr Mzimba proceeded …

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Fox News Viewers “Most Misinformed”

A University of Maryland study of the viewers of network and cable news outlets has found that Fox News watchers are by far the “most misinformed.” That’s as surprising as finding out that Republicans are the biggest liars! Here’s some of what Fox News has convinced their audience: Most economists estimate the stimulus caused job losses (12 points more likely) …

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Larry King Signs Off After 25 Years

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Tom Brokaw: Networks Should Continue Giving Airtime To Anti-Gay Hate Groups

Speaking to the Advocate’s Julie Bolcer, former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw said that networks should continue to give airtime to vicious anti-gay hate groups because that may spark outrage and create a national discussion. “I don’t think you can shut down free speech,” he said. “We’re a free speech society. They’re entitled to their positions however wrong they may be. …

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Bigot Of The Day – Pamela Grothaus

“I don’t think I have ever met a homosexual who didn’t inform me of his or her homosexuality within minutes of our introduction. This has happened to me several times—with co-workers, clients, and, yes, even military personnel. I really didn’t care to know, didn’t need to know, and probably would have guessed anyway. Why do these people so desperately want …

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HomoQuotable – Michael Triplett

“While the ‘hate group’ list is interesting, it is also largely meaningless in terms of who the media should talk to and who they shouldn’t. Included in the current list of 18 groups–who all, apparently, aren’t going to show up on the final list–are organizations associated with white supremacist and Christian Identity movements, but also major players in the social …

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Sarah Palin: No More Gotcha Interviews!

Sarah Palin wants to “clean up journalism.”

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Dan Savage Corrects Me On His CNN Appearance: They Knew What Was Coming

Dan Savage called me this afternoon (shortly after this post went up) to let me know that I’d totally misread the reaction of the CNN host to his calling out of the network for giving airtime to anti-gay bigots. It turns out, CNN knew exactly what he was going to say. Dan writes tonight on Slog: Did I ambush CNN? …

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Dan Savage Appears On CNN To Slam CNN Because CNN Gives Airtime To Hate Groups

Here’s the first (and very satisfying) fallout from yesterday’s new official hate group designations by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Dan Savage appeared on CNN this afternoon to slam them for giving airtime to anti-gay bigots. “There are no ‘two sides’ to the issue of LGBT rights. Right now one side is really using dehumanizing rhetoric. The Southern Poverty Law …

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OLBERMANN REDUX: Joe Scarborough Suspended Over Political Donations

As they did with Keith Olbermann, MSNBC has suspended commentator Joe Scarborough over his political donations. MSNBC said Friday that it is suspending “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough for two days after he acknowledged giving eight previously unknown $500 contributions to friends and family members running for state and local offices during his tenure at the network, a violation of …

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Fox News Confirms: Heaven Is For Real

(Tipped by JMG reader David)

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Keith Olbermann On His Suspension

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Keith Olbermann To Return On Tuesday

MSNBC has unsuspended Keith Olbermann and he’ll be back on the air tomorrow night. “After several days of deliberation and discussion, I have determined that suspending Keith through and including Monday night’s program is an appropriate punishment for his violation of our policy,” MSNBC President Phil Griffin said in a statement released late Sunday. “We look forward to having him …

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Maddow On Olbermann’s Suspension

Rachel Maddow says she understands NBC’s rule, but that Olbermann should be un-suspended at once. Maddow devotes a large portion of the segment to ticking off a long list of candidates stumped for on the air by Fox News hosts.

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NBC News Suspends MSNBC Host Keith Olbermann Over Campaign Donations

NBC News has indefinitely suspended MSNBC host Keith Olbermann over political donations his employers say he made in violation of their ethics policy. The announcement came in a one-sentence statement from MSNBC-TV President Phil Griffin: “I became aware of Keith’s political contributions late last night. Mindful of NBC News policy and standards, I have suspended him indefinitely without pay.” The …

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Homophobia Literally Kills: Texas Edition

The latest edition in the series by JMG reader Sean Chapin.

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American Family Association Twists The AP’s “Obama Appointees” Story

Good As You points out the American Family Association’s ongoing practice of rewriting of the Associated Press stories they post on their OneNewsNow blog, in which they substitute “gay” for (in their minds) the more damaging “homosexual,” insert (in their minds) insulting graphics, and rewrite the headlines themselves. The AFA pays the AP to use their stories, and that usage …

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I Just Got Fired By AOL News

In their “11 Famous Politically Correct Firings” story, AOL News names me as the person canned from Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ staff for writing anti-gay hate speech on some homo blog. Oh well, there are worse things about me on the internet. UPDATED: AOL News has updated the story with a correction (misspelling my name, which they got right when I …

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CNN Anchor Rick Sanchez Fired Over “Jews Run The Networks” Radio Comments

CNN fired its popular daytime anchor Rick Sanchez late today after he complained to a national satellite radio audience that Jews run the nation’s media outlets. It started relatively innocently, with Sanchez expressing irritation at being lumped in with other Hispanic TV journalists by a CNN boss. Racist attitudes aren’t rooted on the political right, he added, but also extend …

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Christine O’Donnell To Hannity: I’m Not Doing Any More National Media

We’re seeing more and more of this. Teabagger candidates are refusing media requests, preferring to deliver their messages one-way from behind a podium rather than face serious questions about their loony tunes positions.

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