Originally Posted By wahooskipper Interesting short study on the biases of the press. Did you know that Cheney's daughter had a baby? The press did. Headlines: FoxNews.com: "Cheney's Daughter Give Birth to First Child." MSNBC.com: "Cheney's Gay Daughter Gives Birth To A Baby Boy." abcnews.com: "Cheney Gets Grandson With 2 Mommies." cbsnews.com: "VP Cheney's Daughter Has Baby Boy." Just an interesting perspective.
Originally Posted By DlandJB I wouldn't give you two cents for any of them. Last night Fox showed video of the Army chaplin and other officers knocking on the door of the poor soldier's family who was discovered dead in Iraq to tell them the news. There is no sense of decency in the media anywhere anymore.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut I see nothing wrong with the Fox or CBS headline. Other than the fact, that that really isnt news.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Fox and CBS are plain and accurate. So is msnbc, unless you think there's something pejorative about "gay." (Take that word out, and it's as plain as the other two). Only ABC seems a little too cute, but it does highlight the only reason it's news in the first place (there were no headlines when Cheney's other daughter had kids I don't think).
Originally Posted By DAR <<So is msnbc, unless you think there's something pejorative about "gay>> The word isn't needed imho. That would be like later this summer when the headlines read "Black baseball player Barry Bonds hits home run 756." The first part really doesn't have to be there.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I agree DAR. And I think if Fox News had run with ABC's headline, people (rightly) would have objected.
Originally Posted By friendofdd Her baby is pretty much a non-story. It will be real news when two women or two men become pregnant and have a baby without help from other sources.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The word "gay" perhaps isn't needed, but then again isn't inaccurate either. And gay people having babies is still something of a curiosity to some people, and the press lives on curiosity. Doesn't offend me that it's in there; doesn't offend me that the others left it out. I still think ABC's is the only one that's too cute by half.
