freeks & geeks in the news (wasRe: Yaguello's stereotype: response to Roger

In a message dated 2003:05:22 08:01:25 AM, stone gordonssen writes:

>I always find interesting that, after gay pride marchs in Seattle, the
>TV news reports usually focuse on:
>1. the overtly flamboyant drag queens - all 15 of them.
>2. the leather dykes - all 10 of them.
>3. the one side-line contingent of anti-gay protestors - all 8 of them.
>The remaining 1967 individuals - policemen, firefighters, doctors, people
>who look like your average John or Jane on the street - are ignored.
    Mutatis mutandi, the anti-war protestors and marches...
News broadcasting at its finest sensationalist best (or worse ;)
(No wonder there are Leftists who sport "Kill Your TV" stickers
and t-shirts).

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