While reading through the various gay rights articles on the five new srouces that I chose, I realized that there is a wide range of ways to handle the issue. One of the conservation sites I had chosen, The Weekly Standard, doesn’t have an article focusing on gay rights since December of 2012. The most recent article that the other conservative site that I chose, National Review Online, wrote was on February 26th 2013, focusing on why the CPAC should accept the gay conservative groups. (http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/341420/goproud-or-go-home-daniel-foster). Ironically, this article seemed to be in favor of homosexuals, given that they are conservatives as well.
What surprised me the most was one of the liberal sources that I chose: CNN. CNN focuses on the more renowned gay rights issues. For example, there was an article about Carly Rae Jepsen dropping her boy scouts performance (http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/05/carly-rae-jepsen-drops-boy-scouts-performance-over-gay-rights/?iref=allsearch), there’s an article about Obama and the nation coming to a general positive consensus about same-sex marriage (http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/politics/same-sex-marriage-shift/index.html?iref=allsearch), but for the most part, that’s as far as CNN goes. They focus on the big stories, with a few opinion articles here and there.
On the other hand, there is the Huffington Post. While roaming around the Huffington Post website, I realized that they are an extremely liberal source. Searching for various articles on gay rights, I found enough to peak my curiosity for weeks. Any little thing that one could think of, The Huffington Post covered. Aside from the articles that ranged from rumors, such as the article: “Manti Te’o Gay? NFL Teams Want To Know About Linebacker’s Sexuality, Says Mike Florio” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/25/manti-teo-gay-nfl-combine-florio_n_2760515.html), to various different polls or opinions such as the article/video “Straight Guys React To Gay Porn” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/19/straight-guys-react-to-gay-porn_n_2717600.html), they also had all the way to important gay marriage news such as the article “Mississippi Newspaper Defends Gay Wedding Coverage After Homophobic Readers Complain” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/22/mississippi-newspaper-defends-gay-wedding-coverage_n_2735503.html). Unlike CNN, they didn’t just focus on the big important articles, they focused on the small things as well.
Each of these articles or videos have an importance. The Huffington Post takes a positive stand point and tries to convey the importance of Gay rights. Admittedly, they have their fun by making others squirm in their chair while discussing “taboo” subjects and playing into potential rumors, but they do their best to keep the topics light and informative. These articles lean towards the granting of equal rights.
Good As You, is an opinion based blog page that I had found. The author uses various articles or instances in the news and reveals her opinion, support, and disagreement on whatever the issue may be. The author has a wide variety of topics and opinions; however, they all support gays and their rights.
