NY Post uses gay stereotypes to cover Craig

[CatWoman]

As part of its coverage of Sen. Larry Craig’s (R-ID) arrest for “lewd conduct” in an airport bathroom, the tabloid-y New York Post posted a sidebar questionnaire on its website today asking “are you a gay Senator?” The questions are filled with gay stereotypes like “do you sing showtunes in the car between political events?” and “did you quit the ‘Singing Senators’ because the bow ties didn’t match the seersucker suits?”



As New York magazine’s Daily Intelligencer blog points out, the Post has a history of homophobia, using “archaic adjectives like ’swishy’ and ‘limp-wristed’ to describe gay subjects” and featuring a cartoonist who draws homosexual characters “with exaggerated lips and eyelashes, and one leg kicked flamboyantly upward.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/30/ny-post-uses-gay-stereotypes-to-cover-craig/

[ThomCat]

1. Grr...

x(

I really, truly dispise the Post. It is truly a tabloid, not a newspaper.

[regnaD kciN]

2. While I'll be the last one to defend Murdoch's Post...

...aren't most of those questions related specifically to Larry Craig's own life, rather than generic gay stereotypes? I know 2, 5, and 6 are.

[swimboy]

6. They must have meant for people to read only 2, 5, and 6 then.

I know they'd feel just awful if they knew they'd given offense, but really, how on earth could they have known???

:sarcasm:

[Terran]

15. You're right

And the rest are stereotypes. Plus the background color, the font color, and font. On balance, it's...pretty much a bold-faced smear of gay men.

[NMMNG]

3. Why not?

If it's good for DU it's good for The Post. :sarcasm:

[SteppingRazor]

4. er .... Larry Craig did all these things.

The only one I'm not sure of is the reason he quit the Singing Senators.

[swimboy]

13. You don't think the pink sidebar and the Chelsea reference aren't just a little bit, oh I don't know

fey? Cutesy, even?

[SteppingRazor]

16. Oh, without a doubt.

It's not like I disagree. I'm just pointing out the fact. :hi:

[Major Hogwash]

5. The gay group, the Log Cabin Republicans, have called for Craig to resign.

They just issued a statement saying ol' Larry is in denial.

[mitchum]

7. If he has lost the Lavender Fascists, he has truly lost

yeah, I know what I just did

[Canuckistanian]

17. LOL

"Lavender Fascists"

[goodhue]

8. But those aren't stereotypes--they are all actual things Craig did

[swimboy]

12. So list them all in a pink sidebar, ascribe them to gay Senators

and pack them off to Chelsea!

What fun?

Just how could anyone possibly find that any less than delightful factual reporting, as you've pointed out!

What sweet children. Give them some hard candy.

[Sapphocrat]

9. One thing puzzles me:

Why is it that when I complain about the very same thing, my credibility is called into question, but when thinkprogress does, it's taken seriously?

Oh, I know why: I'm nobody.

[CatWoman]

10. that is simply not true

Oh, I know why: I'm nobody.

:hug:

[NMMNG]

11. You're just one of those thin-skinned DU gays

That's why. Lighten up.

[WI_DEM]

14. so people who like/sing show tunes are gay?

and I guess that any man who is a fan of Judy Garland or Bette Davis is automatically gay too?

[mitchtv]

18. NYPost

You get what you pay for...Faux journalism