January 18, 2025
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Media Matters for America

California school officials debunk right-wing lies about transgender student law

Steve Lee, Editor011 mins

Media Matters for America reports  how, during discussions with Equality Matters, officials from a number of California’s largest school districts pushed back against right-wing misinformation about a new state law guaranteeing transgender students access to proper facilities and programs. Evidence continues to mount that a new California law allowing transgender public school students to use the restroom facilities…

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Watch a local anchorwoman destroy Conservative misinformation about multilingual Super Bowl ad (VIDEO)

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

From Media Matters for America comes an amazing response from local anchorwoman, Brenda Wood to conservative criticism of Coca Cola’s Super Bowl ad. Many conservatives lashed out at Coca-Cola for their Super Bowl advertisement featuring a multilingual rendition of “America the Beautiful.” Fox contributor Allen West declared that America is “on the road to perdition,” Fox host…

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Daily Caller: ‘Transgender Dudes’ are forcing their way into female bathrooms

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

Media Matters for America’s latest piece reveals how The Daily Caller mocked and objectified transgender students in its report on a recent legal victory for transgender youth. This report also featured the long-debunked claim that transgender students will engage in inappropriate behavior if they’re allowed to use restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity….

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Breitbart.com’s Shapiro: Hollywood’s ‘Hatred of Biblical Values’ will doom marriage equality

Steve Lee, Editor05 mins

Media Matters for America’s latest post about how Breitbart.com Editor-At-Large Ben Shapiro predicted that Hollywood, which he credits with shifting American public opinion in favor of marriage equality, will soon push sentiment in the other direction. He bases this assertion on the assumption that the weddings of 33 same-sex and opposite-sex couples at the 56th annual…

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The right-wing media’s obsession with objectifying transgender bodies

Steve Lee, Editor08 mins

Media Matters for America latest post covers the media coverage of transgender people, particularly as it relates to transgender actress Laverne Cox’s recent appearance on Katie Couric’s talk show: Transgender actress Laverne Cox made waves with a recent appearance on Katie Couric’s syndicated talk show, where she pushed back against Couric’s fixation on the genitalia of…

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Pat Buchanan continues his love affair with Vladimir Putin

Steve Lee, Editor16 mins

From Media Matters For America comes their latest post responding to Pat Buchanan urging President Obama to visit Russia, in part, to atone for those who have been “stiffing” President Vladimir Putin due to his oppression of gay people. Echoing his earlier praise for the Russian president, conservative commentator Pat Buchanan urged President Barack Obama…

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Fox’s Ablow: ‘Marriage is over’ because of gay people, polygamists

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

Media Matters for America reveals its response to Fox News’ Keith Ablow claim that “marriage died in 2013.” Fox News’ resident anti-LGBT pop psychologist Keith Ablow boldly declared that “marriage died in 2013,” badly misreading a recent court decision in Utah to blame same-sex marriage supporters for turning marriage into the “the Wild West.” In…

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Media Matters’ LGBT misinformer of the year goes to … The Pacific Justice Institute

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

Media Matters for America have announced their LGBT Misinformer of the Year … The Pacific Justice Institute (PJI). The Pacific Justice Institute (PJI), a California-based right-wing advocacy organization, set a new standard for dishonesty on LGBT issues in 2013, concocting a story about bathroom harassment by a transgender student in an effort to deny transgender…

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PolitiFact debunks the biggest conservative lie about ENDA

Steve Lee, Editor07 mins

From Media Matters For America comes their latest post on PolitiFact giving a “false” rating to the conservative media myth that ENDA discriminates against Christian businesses: Conservative media outlets have repeatedly asserted that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) – federal legislation that would ban employment discrimination against LGBT workers – discriminates against Christian businesses, but…

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Fox News reporter defends ‘Duck Dynasty’ star’s anti-gay comments

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

Media Matters for America’s latest post reveals Fox News Radio reporter Todd Starnes has defended homophobic remarks made by a star of the A&E reality show Duck Dynasty, blasting “intolerant, anti-Christian,” and “Anti-Straight” “haters” for deigning to criticize the comments. In an interview with GQ, Duck Dynasty‘s Phil Robertson called homosexuality a sin, comparing it to bestiality and equating gay people…

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