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In the [[Western World]], the media are generally tolerant towards homosexuality - as tolerant as their audience can stand. For example, the [[Traditional Values Coalition]] states the following declares regarding the reporting of [[homosexuality]] and the [[United States]] media:{{cquote|The [[National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association]] has hundreds of members and is heavily funded by Hearst newspapers, [[Knight-Ridder]], [[CBS News]], [[CNN]], [[Gannett Company|Gannett]], [[NBC]], [[Los Angeles Times]], [[Fox News]], and more. Major newspapers throughout the U.S. have homosexual activists on their staffs who filter what you read about homosexuality.<ref>http://www.traditionalvalues.org/pdf_files/Homosexuality101.pdf</ref>}} [[Accuracy in Media]] declared concerning the Fox News Channel:{{cquote|Media organizations which underwrote the convention included NBC News, Times Inc., Turner Broadcasting, Knight-Ridder, the Washington Post and Fox News Network. That’s right - Fox News. This is supposed to be a conservative network. ABC, NBC, CBS, the New York Times, and USA Today all sent recruiters to the event, to hire open gays as journalists. Fitzpatrick comments, "By treating the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association as a legitimate counterpart to black and Hispanic journalists’ associations, these media organizations showed that they agree with the notion that homosexuals, a group defined by behavior rather than immutable characteristics, constitute a bona fide minority."<ref>http://ghroll.blogspot.com/2008/03/homosexuality-in-media.html</ref>}}

[[Joseph Farah]], who founded [[WorldNetDaily]], wrote an article on the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NGJA) in which he stated that he had covered the group for some time.<ref name="wnd">httphttps://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15046</ref> However, it wasn't until their 10th anniversary that they stopped portraying themselves as an objective professional organization that promotes higher journalistic standards in regards to the issue of homosexuality and showed themselves as promoters of the [[Homosexual Agenda|homosexual cause]], attempting to gain supposedly "equal" rights.<ref name="wnd" />

In September of 2000, Mr. Farah stated the following regarding the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association:

Kofman rejoined: "All of us have seen and continue to see a lot of coverage that includes perspectives on gay [homosexual] issues that include people who just simply are intolerant and perhaps not qualified as well."

All this in the name of [[Political Correctness|political correctness]] and conviction. <ref name="wnd" />}}

Joseph Farah makes an excellent point above regarding journalist objectivity and homosexual activist journalist journalists given the American media's unwillingness to cover some of the unpleasant [[Homosexuality Statistics|facts about homosexuality]]. For example, John Cloud is a homosexual activist who writes for [[Time magazine]] and wrote the October 10, 1995 cover story for Time Magazine which was entitled “The Battle Over [[Teen Teenage Homosexuality|Gay Teens]].”<ref name="trv">http://www.traditionalvalues.org/modules.php?sid=2460</ref> John Cloud’s article rendered a positive portrayal of homosexual teens who are establishing networks of Gay Straight Alliance clubs on campuses all over the United States.<ref name="trv" /> According to the Traditional Values Coalition, most readers of Time magazine were unaware that John Cloud is a homosexual who had previously written for the [[liberal]] Washington City Paper in Washington, DC. about his visit to a "homosexual sex orgy club in Washington, DC."<ref name="trv" />

"The reason the Times, and to a lesser extent the Post, are so important, and they are, is because the TV and radio - all of the media - copy it sycophantically," he [John Stossel] said. "That's how bias at the Times becomes bias in other media."<ref>httphttps://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200401/CUL20040128a.html</ref>}}

The [[New York Times|New York Times clearly promotes the homosexual agenda]].<ref name="aim3014">httphttps://www.aimcnsnews.orgcom/media_monitorfacts/A3014_0_2_0_C2007/facts2007914.asp</ref> == Peter LaBarbera Concerning Fox News and homosexuality == ''see also:'' [[Fox News and homosexuality]] In April 2009, Peter LaBarbera of [[Americans for Truth]] wrote:{{cquote|How fascinating that [[Wayne Besen]] (left) is given the opportunity to appear on FOX News, of all places..., to critique alleged “[[homophobia|homophobic]]” attitudes and speech toward homosexuals — when he has such a well-deserved reputation for being one of the nastiest “queer” activists in the business.<ref>http://www.cnsnewsamericansfortruth.com/factsnews/2007/facts2007914gays-hating-ex-gays-wayne-besens-verbal-assault-on-greg-quinlan.asphtml</ref>}}[[Image:Peter.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Peter LaBarbera]] ]]In March 2009, [[Peter LaBarbera]] declared:{{cquote|Temple U. Professor Dr. Marc Lamont Hill (left), a frequent guest on FOX News, believes Americans are “[[homophobia|homophobic]]” because most still don’t like to see homosexuality (compared to heterosexuality) on TV or the big screen. We say Prof. Hill should get off his liberal high horse and stop lecturing Americans for their normal reaction to unnatural and immoral behavior.... Enough already. Gay sex is wrong, [[Homosexuality and health|unhealthy (especially between men)]], and my hunch is it’s still pretty off-putting to most FOX viewers who are honest with themselves. And that’s OK. But I’ll go further: if there is a growing acceptance of homo-sexual behavior, especially among young people, that’s not a good thing but a sign of America’s descent into decadence, and our departure from a transcendent Judeo-Christian moral code that has served this nation well.<ref>http://wwwamericansfortruth.aim.orgcom/media_monitor/A1442_0_2_0_Cnews/were-all-homophobes-now-letter-to-foxs-red-eye.html</ref> Accuracy in Media quotes a report by }} In 2006, [[Peter LaBarbera]] stating that Richard Berke, wrote:{{cquote|Fox News and Wal-mart are among the national political correspondent for the New York Timeshigh-level ($10, made an appearance on behalf 000) sponsors of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and revealed that threeAssociation’s (NLGJA) 2006 Convention in Miami (Sept 7-quarters of 10 at Loew’s Miami Beach Hotel). Every year, the people who now decide what goes NLGJA garners hundreds of thousands of dollars in Big Media sponsorships for its convention; this year it appears (based on the front page of sponsorship list below) that the New York Times total is around half a milliion dollars in corporate support... Our question for Fox News executives is: if you are "not so closeted homosexualstruly “fair and balanced,” will you now give an equal and corresponding grant to Americans for Truth or another pro-family organization, say, Accuracy in Media, that counters the ubiquitous pro-”gay” spin in the media? We’ll be awaiting your answer."<ref name="aim3014" >http://americansfortruth.com/issues/corporate-promotion/corporations/food-beverage-household-brands/coca-cola</ref>}}

==Fox News Channel and the Issue of Homosexuality==As noted earlier, [[Accuracy in Media]] stated the following regarding the Fox News Channel:{{cquote|Media organizations which underwrote the convention included NBC News, Times Inc., Turner Broadcasting, Knight-Ridder, the Washington Post and Fox News Network. That’s right - Fox News. This is supposed to be a conservative network.<ref name="aim3367" />}}

{{See also|Fox News and homosexuality}} Currently, the Fox Broadcasting Company website declares concerning the [[National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association]] (NLGJA):{{cquote|NLGJA Annual Conference and Job Fair[[Fox News]] is a regular exhibitor at these annual Job Fairs. News Corp sponsored the opening reception for first time attendees in 2006, as well as sponsoring workshops on Journalism in various colleges in 2007.<ref>http://www.fox.com/diversity/outreach/lgbt.htm</ref>}} In 2010, the [[National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association]] declared that [[Kelly Wright]], a Fox News Channel representative, attended NLGJA's 15th Annual New York Benefit.<ref>http://www.nlgja.org/news/NYE2010.htm</ref> According the Fox News Channel website: "Kelly Wright is co-anchor of ''FOX & Friends Weekend'' as well as a general assignment correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC)."<ref name="foxnews.com">https://www.foxnews.com/bios/talent/kelly-wright/</ref> Kelly Wright is a graduate of the [[Christian]] university [[Oral Roberts University]].<ref name="foxnews.com"/> In January of 2010, the [[pro-life]] website published by Jill Stanek claimed Mr. Wright is a pastor.<ref>http://www.jillstanek.com/pregnancy/foxs-kelly-wrig.html</ref> According to [[Christianity]] and the [[Bible]], [[Homosexuality and the Bible|homosexuality is a sin]]. The [[American Family Association ]] reported the following in regards to [[Bill O'Reilly]] who host the hosted ''The O'Reilly Report Factor'' which is was a popular program on the Fox News Channel:

In June of 2007, [[Human Events]] reported the following:

In August of 2007, the Baptist Press reported the following regarding homosexuality in the media:

The index found that 15 percent of all of ABC's primetime programming hours during a 12-month span contained either homosexual characters or the discussion of homosexuality. The CW was second at 12 percent, followed by CBS (9 percent), NBC (7 percent) and Fox (6 percent). For their content ABC was rated "good," the CW, CBS and NBC "fair" and Fox "poor.".

However, there may have been a backlash or public pressure against the promotion of homosexuality vis à vis network television, and the college newspaper ''The Loquitur'' reported the following in October of 2007:{{cquote|Network television has begun to cancel homosexual characters from their sitcoms while cable television has cast more this year. The organization, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, GLAAD, is in upset over the decrease of homosexual characters on network television.<ref>http://media.www.theloquitur.com/media/storage/paper226/news/2007/10/11/AE/Sitcoms.Cancel.Homosexuality-3033576.shtml</ref>}} Increasingly, there are shows which feature gays homosexuals as lead characters, often in the role of the "[[gay cupid]]". For example, ''[[Will and Grace]]'', where the homosexual, Will, aids his childhood friend Grace in dating, or the show ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'', where "talented" homosexuals impose their style upon "desperate" heterosexuals in need of love advice. Many other shows have a "[[token gay]] " character, which appears with fair regularity. Furthermore, several shows mask homosexual behavior by displaying it as the behavior of heterosexuals or those with an urge to experiment in their sexuality. A well-known example of this appears in the television program ''[[Sex and the City]]''.

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