by Bach Polakowski | Jun 1, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
It’s hard to imagine that a movie review can turn into an ethical firestorm. But when the movie is a documentary about the secretly gay lives of conservative politicians and the review gets edited to exclude the names of some of the people mentioned, a firestorm...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 1, 2009 | NLGJA Updates |
On our first day online, RE:ACT received two encouraging posts in the blogosphere: Michael Jones at the Change.org Gay Rights blog wrote: “There’s a new blog in town dedicated to ensuring fair and accurate coverage of news surrounding the LGBT population...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 1, 2009 | Laura Laing |
Sometimes it’s not what is said, but what is not said that matters. That is often the case when mainstream media tackles LGBT stories. Last Tuesday, NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” devoted its first half-hour to a discussion of same-sex marriage and Prop 8. The...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 1, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
If there is anyone who is God’s gift to a slow newsday, it is D.C. “Mayor for Life” Marion Barry. Barry–now a member of the D.C. City Council–stunned gay activists when he announced in late April that he was opposed to same-sex marriage...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 1, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) released a statement about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on May 26: The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit appears to have caused some...
