All posts tagged "media matters"
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Anti-Trans Violence Only Received 48 Minutes of Media Coverage in 2022
Media Matters finds that cable and broadcast outlets largely ignored anti-transgender violence, except for a single mass shooting.
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Fox News is ‘obsessed’ with trans student athletes, but can’t provide evidence of a problem
Media Matters found Fox News only discussed nine trans athletes, despite airing dozens of segments about the topic
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Human rights groups urge U.S. newscasts to “shine a spotlight” on anti-gay abuse in Chechnya
Human rights advocates are calling on U.S. evening newscasts to cover the ongoing anti-gay persecution in Chechnya, including the imprisonment and execution of LGBTQ people...
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GLAAD to Fox News: Don’t return to our events until we discuss anti-LGBT bias
“If Kimberly and Jamie expect to attend future GLAAD events, they will first need to sit down with us to discuss Fox News’ embarrassing, biased...
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Trevor Thomas, Out Gay Michigan Congressional Candidate, Gets Former Gov. Granholm’s Backing
Today, out gay Michigan congressional candidate Trevor Thomas (D) announced the support of former Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) and former Lt. Gov. John Cherry (D)...
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Clear Channel’s John and Ken Show say Hollywood gays force actresses to look like 14-year-old boys
“Gay guys control the fashion industry and the casting industry and the whole Hollywood look. And gays like bodies that remind them of a 14...
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Socarides, Eleveld Leaving Equality Matters; Signorile Joins HuffPo
This morning, Richard Socarides, the president of Equality Matters over the past year since Media Matters announced its creation, announced that he is leaving the...
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Frisch, Covered LGBT Issues Often at Media Matters, Leaving to Start New Communications Firm
In the first two years of the Obama administration, Media Matters for America had expended some serious energy toward addressing LGBT issues, most notably in...
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Mending Mehlman
When news broke last week that former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman had announced he is gay in an interview with Marc Ambinder in...
