WTF " How Can We Increase The Number Of Openly Gay People In The Media " ? WTF . .. .. .Ok , Let's Ask If

Question

Let's ask if we really need to be asking this question. . . . or .. . .is it worthy of asking ?

What Is The NEED to Have More Openly Gay People In The Media In The First Place ?. . . . I thought news was news and certainly YOUR station isn't biased , now is it ?

I Guess I Never Thought About It But . .. . .I Don't Think About Whether Someone Is Gay Or Not When Reading The News .. . . .. . . . I Think About Whether They're Truthful Or Not . .. Don't You ?

BTW , just in case you haven't figured it out yet , the above question was posted by Yahoo . . . . And some obvious Special Interest Group .


What The ...... ?

Clear Bias ? Or Not ?

Leikevy - You said what I said , minus my disappointment !!

SF State - So , Mr. Mrs. Or Whatever you refer to yourself as. .. . . . . .I can't ASK this question ? I'm not Permitted ? And exactly by WHO ?
SINCE WHEN do you get off thinking that special treatment should be given to anybody ? Hmmmmm ?
Try This . . . I'm IRISH. . . . . . So YOU join ME in asking or demanding that we NEED more IRISH people reading the news . . . . Gimme a freakin break !!

Ladies and Gentlemen. . . We Have A Genius In The House. . . .. CLK4CB has a Great Idea And I Agree !!

Berge 70 is factually and realistically correct !!

Locutus - Thank you and I agree (btw , how are the cicadas doing ? )

I See Alot Of Agreement , But Not Total . So , I Ask You . . .. . . . Why Would You Protect The Very People Who You Say. . . 'Hold You Down' .... " ?????

Driveranderson - - Yes , Yes , And Yes .. Drive On Mr. Driver , Drive On .

Answer 1

Why the H#ll would I need to know who the news anchor prefers to sleep with? Would that make their slant more believable? I think it has more to do with the ACLU looking to sue a station that won't hire a flamboyant transgendered homosexual because they (rightly) believe it will drive down ratings.

Perhaps they should be looking to start their own station like BET, the Spanish channel etc. It could be called "GNN" the Gay News Network. Rosie could have her own lesbian version of the "Gay View"......and I could put it on the block list--its a win-win for everyone!

Answer 2

It's a sad thing that we even have to have questions like this. It shouldn't matter what your sexuality is, it should matter how well you do your job. I think that the only way to get more openly gay people in the media is perhaps to stop labeling things in the media- and everywhere else- as a 'gay' this and that. As was stated by an earlier contributor- why was the goal to be the best Gay chorus- why wasn't the goal to be the best Chorus? People shouldn't care if you are gay or not- is the show good? The same should go for anything- If we stop labeling everyone perhaps we Can promote and actually find equality for everyone- and we do not have have a line between us.

Answer 3

I rarely, if ever, answer the "celebrity" questions.

I also don't know that we need to know people's sexual behavior before we hire them. I assume people would frown on that as discrimination.

But my answer to them, or anyone wanting more of this or more of that on the air, is the same: trust the market.

Program what people want to hear, and you will get more of it. Attract listeners. Be entertaining, informative and talented.

Broadcasters are not interested in left or right, red or blue as much as GREEN - money!!!

They will program what is popular.

"Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," I assume, is on because enough people of all types want to watch it, omore than they would want to watch whatever else that network could be showing instead. (I've never seen it.)

People can also ask advertisers to support those shows. It's their right.

And people who don't want to see it, or don't want it on, can do the same things.

I have my own views on homosexuality. And basically I'm only concerned about myself, and my family - not other people's lives. (It seems ironic that members of a group that has relied so strongly on the right to "privacy" also feel the need to be so public about intimate personal habits.)

But as far as the question, I say work with, and trust, the marketplace.

And I assume the question is a paid, "sponsor" question, although I could be wrong. I suume all the celebrity questions are. I read from Yahoo somewhere that they do allow sponsoored questions, to help pay for the site (which is free to us). Even if it's not sponsored, it's Yahoo's playground so I just follow their rules.

When and if I start my own site I'll make my own rules! :)

PS Now there is another "gay" question up. It does seem a bit much. Is it some special celebration day? I dunno.

I believe Pat Buchanan once said "the love that dare not speak its name is now the love that won't shut up!"

Answer 4

If the National news was actually *worth* watching, it wouldn't matter to us whether the news reader was a Martian, a "gay" [misnomer], an atheist, or a jackass . . . oh wait . . .! Since all of the broadcast news - without notable exception - has such a "unbiased" (i.e., *not* pro-United States), liberal slant, we don't watch it, 'period'. Where we live, cable is not available (thank goodness) and we wouldn't want satellite, even if we could afford it, so Fox News, or even ONN, is not an option! We can easily get all the national and international news there actually *is*, along with important state or local news in the five minutes at the top or the bottom of the hour of a radio news broadcast! If we need to increase the number of any one group of people in the news media, we'd like to see more pro-United States newscasters, preferably "politically" unbiased!

However, we also do not care to watch *any* TV program or movie in which the actors *flaunt* their sexual orientations, or practices - whatever they are - heterosexual, homosexual, adulterer, fornicator, promiscuous!

Answer 5

1. Why do we have to recognize any one by who they choose to sleep with?
2. Why does a behavior give you a special status?
3. For ethical reasons (Not that the Liberal Media has Ethics) if a News Reader is discussing a "Gay" issue disclosure of bias should be noted but never is. There are plenty of miscreants currently working in the media and they do not Hide it, I do have respect for Andrew Sullivan, but not too many others. Sullivan is open about himself and worthy of respect, while others still reside in the "Closet Lounge" pretending to be who they are not. Thus the fraud is perpetuated on the rest of the citizenry because the Queens of the closet are hung up about perceptions and are not proud of the choices they made otherwise they would be in the sunshine. An alien concept for liberals in general, and for Gays in the closet in particular. Heterosexuals make horrible mistakes, Homosexuals are no different in that reguard, they just make the mistakes differently.

Answer 6

I am all for gay rights. But, I don't see why it would ever be productive to wear one's sexuality on their sleeve. Its just plain unprofessional to talk about who you sleep with in the workplace, and even less tactful to broadcast it over the air.

I work in news, and there are plenty of gay broadcasters out there. They choose not to discuss their sex lives in public, and thats the way it should be - gay OR straight. Its nobody's business.

I think this is an issue of manners and tact. Not gay rights.

Answer 7

Its the attempt by the media and the very liberal side of the house to take away the traditional family value and promote homosexuality. While I am not a homophobes, I heard an associate of mine give a great example.

The only difference between gays and hetro's is sexual preference. With that being the only difference, what is the difference between a pedophile and a hetro??? Sexual preference. So with the only difference being sexual preference, why are their laws against sexual acts with minors???

If its sexual preference that makes the difference, people who like farm animals, small children and such, will be asking for the same rights.

Having open gays in the media just promotes their agenda. Gays amount to approx 6% of the population, and politicans and the media listen. What about the 93% who want things right with this nation???

Answer 8

This is what kills me, bias is bias is bias, you are either equal, and need to shut up about it, or you are not, either way, don't try to claim you are special and then fault us for rolling our eyes everytime some group or other says they are special.

I am a French-German-American, White, Anglo-Saxon, Gnostic, Heterosexual, Male - I am special, how can we increase the number of people like me in the media? I really want to know.

Answer 9

Earnest, I don't know. I really don't.

I've typed two/three/four different answers thus far, and am still wondering WHY this needs to be an issue.

I don't CARE what an adult does behind closed doors. I rather not think about it, regardless of "orientation".

Is there some obscene mandate for declaring one's private behavior publicly?

Answer 10

I see no reason why sexual orientation should play ANY part in who is a member of the media. I know that my NPR station plays a lot of stories of Gays and personally I am getting sick of it! I do not care who they go to bed with or what they do there. Just as they should pay no attention to my orientation. There is no need to run Any story about sex on a regular basis.