Media are lazy in covering marriage
Washington Blade Opinion Nov 21 08Media are lazy in covering marriage Search for 'balance' is merely an excuse to sensationalize topic. By ROBERT A. BERNSTEIN Friday, November 21, 2008 WHEN CALIFORNIA VOTED to ban gay marriage, my thoughts turned to something seemingly light years removed from that issue: fluoridation of water. In my first job after college, as a daily newspaper reporter, fluoridation was a hot media issue. Among opponents' arguments was the claim that fluoridation was part of a sinister “Communist plot” to subvert our democracy. The plotters' aim, one spokesperson said, was to “deplete the brainpower and sap the strength of a generation of American children. Full story...
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