This is a worthy project from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation that I fully support:
The GLAAD Commentator Accountability Project (CAP) aims to put critical information about frequent anti-gay interviewees into the hands of newsrooms, editors, hosts and reporters. Journalists or producers who are on deadline often don’t have the time to dig into the histories of a commentator. Audiences need to be aware that when they’re not talking to the mainstream media, these voices are comparing the LGBT people to Nazi Germany, predicting that equal treatment of LGBT people will lead to the total collapse of society, and even making accusations of satanic influence.
The Commentator Accountability Project is bringing all of these statements to light, while calling attention to the sentiments behind them. We will show that the commentators who are most often asked to opine on issues like marriage equality or non-discrimination protections do not accurately represent the “other side” of those issues. They represent nothing but extreme animus towards the entire LGBT community.
Kudos to GLAAD for reaching out to producers and educating them about the crazy guests they often book. Take a look at their website to see which extremists GLAAD is focusing on.
Wonderful idea, I hope it will be effective.
If I am not mistaken Jeremy Hopper from Good As You worked on this project with GLAAD. It might be nice to give him PROPS.
In case you are interested as of Wednesday Focus on the Family’s Citizenlink had already quickly reacted to GLAAD’s project by whining that ‘Gay activists try to suppress biblical worldview from media’ & that they are merely ‘models of Christ’s love’& that GLAAD is attempting to ‘stifle your freedom of speech’ & ‘freedom of religion’. You can contact them at mail@citizenlink.com if you feel like it. I know I have!