Fox fails on LGBT representation.
By on Aug 7th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Fox fails on LGBT representation.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today released “a first-of-its-kind report that maps the quantity, quality and diversity of images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people on network television. ABC, with shows like Brothers & Sisters and Ugly Betty, received the highest ranking of the five networks. NBC, once home to Will & Grace, ranked fourth, and FOX scored lowest.”
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wow, there’s a shocking development
August 7th, 2007 at 5:17 pmThats why they also have the highest ratings. No one wants to see 2 guys going at it
August 7th, 2007 at 5:17 pmWell, FOX “News” also doesn’t cover the war. Is the war gay or something?
August 7th, 2007 at 5:19 pm.
Your view on it is
August 7th, 2007 at 5:21 pmComment by gitMORules — August 7, 2007 @ 5:17 pm
That’s right, let’s get some more of Murdoch’s bimbos up there with their shirts off. Here’s Murdoch’s flagship newspaper…
http://www.thesun.co.uk
- phoar! How about those family values?
/sarcasm off
August 7th, 2007 at 5:21 pmNo one wants to see 2 guys going at it
Come, come, now. Just why else would anyone watch Insanity and Colmes?
August 7th, 2007 at 5:21 pmNo one wants to see 2 guys going at it
Comment by gitMORules
Unless you are a Repug Congressman… then they not only like watching, they like doing other guys!
August 7th, 2007 at 5:21 pmThats why they also have the highest ratings. No one wants to see 2 guys going at it
Comment by gitMORules — August 7, 2007 @ 5:17 pm
You think that shows with any kind of gay characters always show them “going at it”? Are all heterosexual characters in television shows always shown “going at it”? Oh wait — maybe they are.
The gay characters I have seen on television shows are generally the most chaste characters on their respective shows.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:21 pmNothing like a bit of tiny-todgered mysogyny with my Corn Flakes in the morning.
/sarcasm off
August 7th, 2007 at 5:22 pmIf I were gay I think I’d consider being ignored on Fox something of a blessing.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:22 pmDidn’t see this coming.
Fox will relish this rating and the fear mongers will have a non issue to beat their chests about for a day or so.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:22 pmNow this is important news.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:22 pmThats why they also have the highest ratings.
In the trailer park.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:22 pm.
Fox will relish this rating and the fear mongers will have a non issue to beat their chests about for a day or so.
Comment by hellinabucket — August 7, 2007 @ 5:22 pm
I can see their new marketing campaign now — “fair, balanced, and now 100% heterosexual!”
August 7th, 2007 at 5:23 pmNow this is important news.
Comment by Ringo — August 7, 2007 @ 5:22 pm
Quick, TP, fix this. The troll doesn’t approve of your content.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:24 pmI don’t get how these good old boys can rally around a guy from Australia and he is married to an Asian. Unless by their standards as long as he is WHITE HE IS RIGHT.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:25 pmI can see their new marketing campaign now — “fair, balanced, and now 100% heterosexual!â€
More likely “fair, balanced and homophobic”.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:26 pm“fair, balanced and straight”
August 7th, 2007 at 5:28 pmThe Congress has been Wellstoned….. I have never in my reasonably long life heard people talking openly in this country about a plan by the administration to stage a terrorist attack on its own people.
I hear it on talk radio, I hear it in private conversations, I read it on the internet…..
Mostly I see it being acted out by the Congress. We wonder what the hell is wrong with them? Why do they do the things they do? The answer may be a simple as they believe that the administration would make good on these threats.
that’s what you get from racketeering, murdering criminals, helped along by others with something to hide.
Well, if anything happens between now and 9/12 he’d better be ready to answer questions about what he knew and when he knew it and how he knew it.
Just based on Turkish counter-intelligence operations, you know of FOUR corrupt congressional people. Take a look at this room (of translators), we have the Chinese Department, we have, you know, the Arabic, including Saudi Arabia and everything. How many (other corrupt Congressfolk) do you think they have come across?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/7/13477/18990
Something really Is Up.”And I think we should ask Sibel Edmonds what it is.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:28 pmSo do you folks want to use the government to force the networks to show more gay programing?
August 7th, 2007 at 5:28 pmFox is only at 6% vs. NBC’s 7% and CBS’s 9%. Heck ABC, the leader, is only at 15%
It seems a little disingenuous to a) tout Fox as being “the last” when they’re so close to #3 and #4 and b) say that Fox “fails” while the other two stations get a “fair.”
August 7th, 2007 at 5:31 pmDon’t you red neck retards know that the “L” is for lesbian and I am all for lesbians “going at it” on my TV. When it is guys, I change the fu*king channel.
I will bet a million dollars, these same homophobic republican retards enjoy girl on girl. Hypocrites.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:32 pmSo do you folks want to use the government to force the networks to show more gay programing?
Comment by Kevin — August 7, 2007 @ 5:28 pm
Why would you assume that? Did anyone say anything to suggest it?
August 7th, 2007 at 5:32 pmI’m sure they do
August 7th, 2007 at 5:33 pmI have nothing against gay people,but this is so not nothing to be mad about.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:35 pmThats why they also have the highest ratings. No one wants to see 2 guys going at it
Comment by gitMORules — August 7, 2007 @ 5:17 pm
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You got that right.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:36 pmWhy would you assume that?
Comment by mikey r — August 7, 2007 @ 5:32 pm
That’s how you deal with anything. Got a problem, government can fix it.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:38 pmWhat the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation should do is show a market for that type of program. Show a market that needs to be addressed and someone will fill it.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:41 pmThat’s how you deal with anything. Got a problem, government can fix it.
Or at least that’s what Sean Hannity told him.
Thank God this country isn’t being run by Big Government Conservatives, or … anything.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:41 pm.
Fox does have Bill O’Reilly who is a big fan of ass-play.
-GSD
August 7th, 2007 at 5:41 pmI guess, in the troll world, August Congressional recess is the time to try out the hot prospects from the intern pool and let them take a whack at commenting.
Sure seems that way, what with all the lame-ass troll steamers being dropped on our lawn today.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:42 pmWhy would you assume that?
Comment by mikey r — August 7, 2007 @ 5:32 pm
That’s how you deal with anything. Got a problem, government can fix it.
Comment by Kevin — August 7, 2007 @ 5:38 pm
I see. So absent any real evidence, you just pull something out of your butt and pretend that it’a a Barbie doll.
That’s what I thought.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:43 pmCarol Lam, this country is well on the way to becoming like Chile under Pinochet.
Smells like fascism from here.
-GSD
August 7th, 2007 at 5:44 pmThat’s how you deal with anything. Got a problem, government can fix it.
Comment by Kevin — August 7, 2007 @ 5:38 pm
This is a favorite troll tactic: imagine a position you’d like liberals to take, and then criticize that.
Much easier than actually dealing with what people post.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:45 pmDefine “it”.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:47 pmDo you have an invitation to be here? This party is by invitation only.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:50 pm#36. God made all.
Saving tv? That made milk shoot out of my nose. And I haven’t drank milk in 3 days. wierd?
Damn, you are funny.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:51 pmso correct Tobey. Leaderless.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:52 pmYou guys are saving television from the morally retarded Left.
Now, if they could just do something about all those closet cases on the right.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:53 pm.
NO we don’t that is just a republican talking point you are spewing.
Did you bring up this same strawman when the republican lead 109th congress created the The Office of Faith-Based Initiatives?
No you didn’t, because you are a friggin’ tool.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:54 pmKevin, are you saying the govt. isn’t trying to solve a problem in Iraq? Maybe we should just let the free market take care of Iraq. yeah. let the market forces decide. We can pull back our govt. troops and save all that govt. money being pissed away.
August 7th, 2007 at 5:58 pmUh Oh, Mr. pee is talking to himself again in #43. Time to get his mom to lock the computer up and give him his meds.
August 7th, 2007 at 6:00 pmBwahahaha! Who wants to watch a bunch of queers?
August 7th, 2007 at 6:10 pm_______
Good!
Progressives are upset because our culture isn’t sick and debased enough for them.
Amazing!
This is the hierarchy:
Man >>> Woman >>> Child
Feminism = Lesbianism
Enough of this homosexual brainwashing.
Stop attempting to destroy the traditional family & stop drugging our boys you idiot feminists!
August 7th, 2007 at 6:11 pm_______
this is hardly surprising given Fux’s desire to cultivate the lizard brained among us.
August 7th, 2007 at 6:13 pm.
I’ll bet you say that to all of the good-lookin’ boys.
August 7th, 2007 at 6:13 pmI suspect a couple weeks ago Mommy Pee stopped giving Mr. Pee his meds because she “missed her little boy”. Then, after a few days oif her little boy being back to “his old self” she upped the dosage.
That’s what we’re seeing now.
August 7th, 2007 at 6:14 pmI didn’t know that the real Mark Foley and Ted Haggard are here.
August 7th, 2007 at 6:23 pmDo the masses of Americans that watch that much TV really have their Gaydar tuned properly? Wasn’t Chris Matthew’s swooning over Fred Thompson’s manly aura enough to suggest that we might like it rough from Daddy?Do girl’s gone wild and Howard Stern specials not count in any way towards projecting a real epidemic of Lesbianism? Aren’t we complex enough to get the subtleties and not have cliches shoved, ehm , down our throats? What about the Law and order episode when the Players turn into down-lows?What about the cooking channel and the home design shows? Fox has issues with reality, let alone homosexuality.
August 7th, 2007 at 6:42 pmHell, if it wasn’t for the Simpsons, it probably wouldn’t even qualify for last.
August 7th, 2007 at 7:19 pmExactly how many transgendered characters would Fox need to add to meet GLAAD’s quota?
Just wondering.
August 7th, 2007 at 7:51 pmIf a character on a TV drama doesn’t “act gay” then how are we supposed to know if they’re gay?….and shouldn’t it not matter?
And what about bi-sexuals?….How are we supposed to know if a TV character is bi-sexual unless it is explictly written into the plot?
As for “transgender”, these people make up such a small part of the population that statisticaly they are insignificant.
Another question that comes to mind is: Do all LGBT have to always be shown in a postitive light or is a gay character sometimes allowed to also be the vilain?
I need answers damn it!
August 7th, 2007 at 8:03 pmMost Fux viewers think LGBT is a nice toasty sandwich with lettuce, garlic, bacon and tomoto
August 7th, 2007 at 8:06 pmCarol Lam, this country is well on the way to becoming like Chile under Pinochet.
Smells like fascism from here.
-GSD
Comment by GSD — August 7, 2007 @ 5:44 pm
Does this mean the CIA will overthrow Bush in a bloody coup? Cause that by itself isn’t such a bad thing…
August 7th, 2007 at 8:48 pmtoasterhead sez;
The coup occurred in November of 2000. Sadly, almost no one noticed.
August 7th, 2007 at 8:56 pmOH wow more liberal Fox bashing thats so shocking
August 7th, 2007 at 9:19 pmChris, you’re right, it’s like picking on the mentally handicapped….
August 7th, 2007 at 9:25 pm“FOX scored lowest.â€
Thank God someone in the media still has some morals!
August 7th, 2007 at 10:44 pm“Unless you are a Repug Congressman… then they not only like watching, they like doing other guys!
Comment by upside00 — August 7, 2007″
I would like to remind you that most gays identify themselves with you “no morals” democrats!
August 7th, 2007 at 10:46 pm“The gay characters I have seen on television shows are generally the most chaste characters on their respective shows.
Comment by missmolly — August 7, 2007″
Gay and chaste in the same sentence? Don’t make me laugh!
August 7th, 2007 at 10:48 pm“Thats why they also have the highest ratings.
In the trailer park.
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Comment by Grand Moff Texan — August 7, 2007″
Isn’t the trailer park filled with union members, minorities, uneducated, and the unemployable. All aligned with the democratic party!
August 7th, 2007 at 10:52 pmI would like to remind you that most gays identify themselves with you “no morals†democrats!
Comment by michael
Because the Dems are more tolerant of people. Especially when they are open and honest… unlike all the hypocrites on the Repug side. And that is in all aspects of life, including supporting the Constitution.
August 8th, 2007 at 12:33 am“Because the Dems are more tolerant of people. Especially when they are open and honest… unlike all the hypocrites on the Repug side. And that is in all aspects of life, including supporting the Constitution.
Comment by upside00 — August 8, 2007″
Wow! Big words but no examples? Just like you politics about getting out of Iraq!
August 8th, 2007 at 1:25 amWe have gay people in virtually every sector of our society in America today. They should be properly represented on TV. Right now we have gay Americans proudly serving in their country in Iraq. They are dedicated and patriotic and we owe them our gratitude.
August 8th, 2007 at 3:25 am#68 – “Wow! Big words but no examples?” Comment by michael — August 8, 2007 @ 1:25 am
You just hate it when people act like you, right?
When was the last time you posted an example for your outrageous claims?
August 9th, 2007 at 10:08 am