A Glimpse into Homosexual Influence in the American (NYT) and Canadian Media (The Globe)
While homosexuals have always been present in the media, in recent decades, they have been unabashed about their efforts to have their influence felt. Such influence is wide-ranging and is designed to cast a favourable light on homoexuals even when that requires the manipulating of the stories which are told, or which, importantly, are not told.
In 'Gray Lady Down' (What The Decline and Fall of the New York Times Means for America), William McGowan relates the story of how a newspaper, which was once known as the 'paper of record', changed to become a propagandizer under its new publisher, Arthur Sulzberger Jr.- who took over from his father in 1992. The paper then increasingly engaged in being a cheerleader for 'causes'. And one of those 'causes' was homosexuality. Charles Kaiser, a NYT news clerk is quoted: 'from the most homophobic institution in America to the most gay-friendly institution.' (p173) And that meant playing up all things positively gay, while ignoring the downside of gaydom.
Sulzberger told his employees that 'diversity' would be a priority at the paper. (p173). It should be noted that 'diversity' has now come to usually mean 'homosexual issues'. As the NYT kept up its gay-promotion, Richard Berke, a Washington reporter, told members of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, (currently, about 700 members in the U.S. and abroad - Wiki) that, "literally, three-quarters of the people deciding on the front page are not-so-closeted homosexuals." And, some in media circles began referring to the NYT as 'The Pink Lady.'
Note: The word 'diversity' now often means 'homosexual issues'. So, diversity, which has a wide meaning of 'inclusion', has been corrupted because of its appropriation by homosexuals. That is similar to how homosexuals took over the word 'gay', the symbolic 'rainbow', and the long-established institution of 'marriage' as a core of society. The word 'diversity' was often used by Kathleen Wynne and Ben Levin when formulating their sex ed curriculum. And, in the student newspaper (The Varsity) of the University of Toronto, the 2015.03.02 issue has an article "Engineers celebrate diversity'. (And Pink Shirt Day). That is an article, about homosexual engineers. An accompanying picture supports the gay and pink themes.
Homosexuals have long-been present in the Canadian media. But their presence took on a new meaning with the arrival of (homosexual) William Thorsell at the Globe and Mail, and his later appointment as editor-in-chief (1989 - 2000). Having made the Globe a gay-friendly place, he left to head up the Royal Ontario Museum (2000 - 2010) and he undertook the major $200-million renovation which included a structure which was intended to be covered with glass, and known as the Crystal, but which ended up being clad in aluminum. Excerpts from an article about Thorsell follow:
The Beauty of William Thorsell - MItchel Raphel (undated- Google: fab Magazine: Feature 275)
'The project is nothing short of spectacular, and it could not be any gayer. This is drag architecture at its finest ... William Thorsell represents the very best in gay cultural stereotypes....He has also played an important role in shaping the way Canadians view homosexuality. ...'
'Thorsell joined the editorial board of The Globe and Mail in 1984. By the end of that decade, he had been offered the position of editor-in-chief. He recalls, “When I was appointed I said to the publisher [Roy Megarry], ‘You know I’m gay, and I’m not about to change my social world because I’m now an editor, so you have to understand that before I sign on.’ And he said, ‘I wouldn’t expect that, and if you ever run into problems, just come see me.’'....
'Having an out gay man as editor-in-chief of Canada’s national newspaper had a positive effect on the coverage of queer issues....“I think that when I was appointed editor there,” says Thorsell, “it gave permission to a lot of other editors to go further in covering gay issues and allowed gay writers to write in to the papers and to say things that were somewhat shocking at the time...'
'In the early ’90s, the Globe endorsed same-sex marriage.... [Thorsell says] But I personally would never want to get married.”'...
Thorsell recalls [Brian] Mulroney lobbying to have sexual orientation included in the Canadian Human Rights Act: '“I certainly had discussions with Mulroney at the time [when] they were trying to get [the Act] to explicitly include gay people. It was when Kim Campbell was justice minister, and she couldn’t get [the change] through the House. Mulroney got very impatient about that and said, ‘How come she can’t get it through the House? She’s the justice minster.’ And he supported her completely – he told me that on the phone at the time – and he was going to have to take it and jam it through himself, which he did. He was a pro-gay guy. [But] the Progressive Conservatives fell apart because of Western alienation....'
With respect to the ROM 'Crystal', ''Thorsell, ... credits a queer appreciation of architecture and design for helping him through the selection process.''
Note: Another posting is on this thread, and it describes how the Gay Agenda at the Globe was promoted, as the Globe used a surrogate, 'Toro' magazine.