January 18, 2025
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Media Matters for America

NRO’s Dennis Prager: Heterosexual AIDS is an ‘entirely manufactured’ myth

Steve Lee, Editor26 mins

Media Matters for America’s latest post highlights conservative columnist Dennis Prager’s claims that “heterosexual AIDS” is a crisis “entirely manufactured by the Left,” continuing his years-long campaign of peddling dangerous and inaccurate AIDS denialism. Prager’s July 1 syndicated column featured a defense of the Washington Redskins’ name. Prager accused the “American Left” of being preoccupied with “manufactured” controversies and crises, including “heterosexual…

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How Fox News is helping homophobes hijack Christianity

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

Fox News is witnessing the nasty byproducts of its endless campaign to depict extreme, virulent homophobia as a normal part of mainstream Christianity, reports Media Matters for America in their latest post. It’s long been standard practice at Fox News to conflate anti-gay bigotry with Christianity. Last December, for instance, the network rushed to defend Duck Dynasty star…

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‘Daily Caller’ gives platform to another anti-gay hate group

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

The Daily Caller provided a hate group spokesman a platform to smear marriage equality and same-sex families, part of the conservative Web site’s pattern of promoting the commentary of some of the most extreme anti-LGBT figures in the country, reports Media Matters for America. In a May 5 column, Senior Fellow for Policy Studies Peter Sprigg of…

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Ronan Farrow calls out right-wing ‘scare tactics’ about trans-inclusive bathrooms

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

While discussing an effort to roll back a transgender non-discrimination law in Maryland, MSNBC’s Ronan Farrow called out the right-wing “myth” about sexual predators entering trans-inclusive bathrooms, reports Media Matters for America. On April 29, a conservative group in Maryland launched an effort calling for a referendum to repeal the recently enacted Fairness for All…

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Wash. Times Editor Emily Miller: transgender equality ‘Endangers every single female’

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

Media Matters for America latest post reveals how Washington Times senior opinion editor Emily Miller launched a baseless attack on a Maryland bill that protects transgender people from discrimination, repeating the debunked myth that sexual predators will exploit non-discrimination protections and sneak into women’s restrooms. March 27, the Maryland House of Delegates approved the Fairness…

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‘Newsweek’s’ new owners funded anti-gay discrimination

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

Media Matters for America has revealed new reporting highlighting the links between Newsweek‘s new owners, IBT Media, and an evangelical college that threatens to punish students if they’re caught engaging in “homosexual activity.” After a one-year print hiatus, Newsweek is back on newsstands and under the new ownership of IBT Media. In-depth reports in The Guardian and Mother Jones…

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Ezra Klein: ‘I could’ve, and should’ve, handled this hire a lot better’

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

From Media Matters for America comes their latest post responding to Vox.com editor-in-chief Ezra Klein’s statement explaining his decision to hire Brandon Ambrosino. Vox.com editor-in-chief Ezra Klein issued a statement explaining his decision to hire Brandon Ambrosino, a writer who has been criticized for peddling misinformation about LGBT people and acting as an apologist for…

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‘National Review’ goes all in for anti-gay discrimination

Steve Lee, Editor013 mins

Media Matters for America’s latest piece reveals how National Review has established itself as a staunch proponent of allowing business owners refuse service to gay and lesbian customers. It’s a position that unfortunately aligns with National Review‘s record of attacking defending discrimination against marginalized groups, including its shameful opposition to the Civil Rights Movement in the…

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NRO’s Prager: ‘Incest, polygamy are logical consequences of marriage equality’

Steve Lee, Editor16 mins

Media Matters for America’s latest post reveals that nationally syndicated columnist and National Review Online (NRO) contributor Dennis Prager has declared that the “radical and extreme” notion of marriage equality leaves “no plausible argument” against polygamy or marriages between brothers and sisters or parents and children. In his February 18 syndicated column, Prager assailed a spate of…

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