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| Gay Publication 'Outs' Anchors Smith and Cooper |
| 2005-11-03 |
| Another bulletin from the ever-so-scholarly Journal for Busybodies and People Who Need to Get a Life: The gay-oriented Houston Voice has "outed" CNN's Anderson Cooper and Fox News Channel's Shepard Smith, charging that they "choose to hide and deceive -- and to protect their incomes and images -- at the expense of contributing important weight and star power to the gay civil rights movement." Managing Editor Kevin Naff claims in an editorial appearing in the current edition of the Voice that Smith once tried to pick him up in a gay piano bar in New York City and that Cooper dodged a question about his sexual orientation in a recent New York Magazine interview by saying, ""The whole thing about being a reporter is that you're supposed to be an observer and to be able to adapt with any group you're in ... and I don't want to do anything that threatens that." Commented Naff: "Does he believe that female and African-American reporters lack credibility to cover stories since their minority status is showing?" |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #12 I think it's pretty clear that Smith and Cooper were either going to be hairdressers or anchors, unlike Rather who didn't know what to do with his hair. |
| Posted by: wakeupcall 2005-11-03 23:34 |
| #11 My main concern was that these two appeared to go insane in New Orleans during Katrina. That explains the hissy fit. (j/k ;-) |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-11-03 16:52 |
| #10 Gay or no, the people behind this gay publication are fucking losers. Reminds me of kids in school tattling on someone. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-11-03 16:45 |
| #9 My main concern was that these two appeared to go insane in New Orleans during Katrina. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-11-03 16:00 |
| #8 The nutjobs/mootbats/loons care BigEd. 90% of humanity just don't give a shit. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-11-03 12:42 |
| #7 Why do folks get so excised about bullstuff like this? Who cares? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-11-03 10:43 |
| #6 I think the Gays do their own cause a disservice by this 'outing' bit. It just makes the Gays look creepy for trying to expose some of their own, or as trying to bait hetros with the claim. I actually think Coopers answer is the proper one, straight or gay, doesn't matter. The reporter should not be part of the story. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz (no T!) 2005-11-03 09:21 |
| #5 Whatever. |
| Posted by: Clolurt Slesing4184 2005-11-03 08:50 |
| #4 a gay piano bar? what do they play? Only Judy Garland, Bette Midler and campy show tunes? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-11-03 08:18 |
| #3 Odds are neither Cooper nor Smith are gay, and it's just a pack of drama queens smearing people they've decided they don't like. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-11-03 07:23 |
| #2 The other thing is, why would we care? I honestly don't really care. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2005-11-03 01:59 |
| #1 charging that they "choose to hide and deceive Couldn't be that they just don't believe in shoving it into everyone's face like some special interest zealots? |
| Posted by: Thasing Fleger9425 2005-11-03 00:27 |