Covering the March: Mixed Emphasis

A day after the National Equality March, people in the Washington, D.C. area woke up to a page one, above the fold story on the march in the Washington Post.  If they opened up the cross-town rival Washington Times, the story was given a single-line preview of the A13...

The Big Speech: Instant Reaction

Lady Gaga’s opening act–President Obama–has finished his speech and the media is giving its instant reaction. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYHm0RyCyfU]The Associated Press gave its usual quick coverage, highlighting his plans to end...

Say it Ain’t So, Joe

As President Obama is set to take the stage at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual dinner here in Washington, the LGBT blogosphere has been abuzz about an email blast sent out of by HRC’s president Joe Solmonese–which he later clarified–suggesting the LGBT community needed to be patient with Obama and not act like it’s the end of Obama’s presidency, not the beginning.

Marching in Lockstep?

So, there’s going to be a National Equality March on Oct. 10-11 in Washington, D.C., but you wouldn’t know it if you only paid attention to the mainstream press.  And if you read the LGBT press and citizen journalists, all you would appear to know is what...