The "Don't Say Gay" thing is what finally made me give up on mainstream media as anything close to reliable journalism. Those three words appear in every headline in every article about that law. Occasionally, somewhere in the body of the article, there would be verbiage like "critics call it the 'Don't Say Gay' bill" but those critics w…
The "Don't Say Gay" thing is what finally made me give up on mainstream media as anything close to reliable journalism. Those three words appear in every headline in every article about that law. Occasionally, somewhere in the body of the article, there would be verbiage like "critics call it the 'Don't Say Gay' bill" but those critics were never named, and the reason for their criticism never explained.
It's one thing to mention a law's nickname in an article, but placing it in the headline is not journalism.
The "Don't Say Gay" thing is what finally made me give up on mainstream media as anything close to reliable journalism. Those three words appear in every headline in every article about that law. Occasionally, somewhere in the body of the article, there would be verbiage like "critics call it the 'Don't Say Gay' bill" but those critics were never named, and the reason for their criticism never explained.
It's one thing to mention a law's nickname in an article, but placing it in the headline is not journalism.