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Curing Homophobia is the Real Problem

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…Cohen, was inexplicably called on to be the “other side” of this issue on CNN in the past few days. The segment begins with anchor Kyra Phillips posing the question of whether homosexuality is “problem in need of a cure” and moves into the interview with Cohen and Lowenthal. In the interview, Cohen argues for keeping the law. He conflates molestation and homosexuality and touts how he has helped those with “unwanted homosexuality” to go straight….

Trump Gives Davos Press Credentials to Racist Conspiracy Outlet. Again.

By Gordon Haber

…obia and antisemitic and racist conspiracy theories. Yet in November 2018, CNN had to sue to get the White House to reinstate Jim Acosta’s press credentials, which the administration had pulled after Acosta dared to ask pointed questions about the Russia investigation. (Sarah Huckabee’s justification—that Acosta was “placing his hands” on the intern who tried to take his microphone—was one of the more blatant lies from an administration marked by…

Alienating Even the Sadistic Trumpian Right, How Did Kristi Noem Miscalculate So Badly With Her Puppy Killing Story?

By Annika Brockschmidt

…nts (I’d been a children’s pastor, after all).”) Noem has since canceled a CNN appearance and has fallen back into what I assume she considers a safe space—right-wing media outlets. But even there, things didn’t exactly go well for Noem who, when pressed by Fox Business host Steve Varney on the puppy murder, resorted to outright hostility: Enough, Stuart. This interview is ridiculous, what you are doing right now. So, you need to stop. Let’s talk…

Leaving Empire: The Risks of American Insularity

By Ryann Croken

…world could fill, and I paused for a minute to glance up at a television. CNN’s (former anchor) Lou Dobbs happened to be on the screen, with an electronic American flag waving sanctimoniously—like a threat—behind him. He was talking, as is his habit, about illegal aliens. Aliens, I thought to myself, how fitting. I could not imagine a more offensively appropriate way to be welcomed home to the self-proclaimed center of the universe. Last week, in…

A Test for Trump—And the Religious Right

By Sarah Posner

…ussell Moore, have chastised Trump over his immigration stance. But as the CNN poll found, 49% of self-identified “born again” registered Republicans believe Trump to be the best positioned candidate to handle immigration. That’s a pretty stunning number given Moore’s very public rejections of Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, and is indicative of one kind of split among these voters. But voters who will self-identify as “born again” or “evangelica…

‘Culting’: From Waco to Fundamentalist Mormons

By Catherine Wessinger

…ng their views on YouTube, and some of the YFZ mothers were interviewed on CNN’s Larry King Live. YFZ residents are making use of video, television, and the internet to tell their side of the story and to attempt to humanize themselves in the eyes of the public. A nation or state has the obligation to protect children and investigate suspected illegal and hurtful actions carried out by members of a religious group. However, such investigations sho…

Right Wing Disputes Lesbian Motherhood Research

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…entioned in the press. So, today’s bit of journalistic “balance” come from CNN. It reports on a 25-year study that shows “children raised in lesbian households were psychologically well-adjusted and had fewer behavioral problems than their peers.” This is truly fantastic news—not just for the gay community, but for the children—and isn’t that who these anti-gay family groups are most concerned with? Aren’t they always telling us “think about the c…

Obama Foe Wants His MTV

By Bill Berkowitz

…was scheduled to run around 100 times from July 23-25 on MTV, VH1, MSNBC, CNN and Fox News (all but MTV began airing the ad on Tuesday), costing the organization “several hundred thousand dollars.” Hanna told me that he didn’t think that the ad was an example of “swiftboating” Obama: “It has a humorous purpose and a serious purpose: the humorous purpose is to poke fun at Sen. Obama’s rather intriguing efforts to be on both sides of controversial…

“You’re F*cked”: How Pouncing on Mistakes Helps the Right Escape Moral Accountability

By Jonathan Malesic

…or morality—or even the truth. In recent weeks, minor errors by ABC News, CNN, the FBI, and the Washington Post’s David Weigel have all invited disproportionate condemnation from Trump. Weigel should be fired; the FBI’s “reputation is in Tatters”; CNN committed fraud; ABC News should be sued. I’ve argued before that the right wants to muddy up moral distinctions when it’s their actions that are under scrutiny. They say, in effect, “nobody’s perfe…

The Vampire Who Beat Wells Fargo

By Joseph Laycock

…s. The media promoted his victory as a classic David and Goliath story and CNN dubbed Rodgers “a folk hero.” But there’s another element to the story: Rodgers openly identifies as a vampire. The media’s celebration of a vampire “folk hero” is an important historical moment for this emerging community and may be a curious statement about tolerance in a time when trust is in scarce supply. A music and events promoter by trade, Rodgers started Phila…