It's arguably not as explosive as rigging trucks to explode in vintage "Dateline NBC" fashion but it seems ABC News may be using phony gay couples to gin up an incendiary story that plays on the media's preconceived storyline about intolerance and "homophobia" in conservative parts of America, particularly the South. Here's an excerpt from Michelle Malkin:
When you don’t feel like covering the news, you manfacture it. Remember the story I broke last spring about NBC News engineering a sting at NASCAR to try and expose fans as anti-Muslim bigots? Well, it looks like the dinosaur networks haven’t learned from the embarrassing backlash to that pathetic episode. Or Rathergate. Or Shattered Glass. Or Janet Cooke. Or Scott Thomas Beauchamp. Etc. etc. etc.
Now, according to the local Fox affiliate in Birmingham, Alabama, it looks like ABC News is engaging in media stage management and Theater of Journalism to expose anti-homosexual bigotry in the South:
ABC is doing a social experiment in Birmingham that includes having same-sex couples show affection for each other in public, according to Birmingham police department sources.
FOX6 first learned about this story from a Southside merchant who pointed out an RV parked at the corner of 20th Street and 11th Avenue South. The merchant said ABC was working on a week-long project to see how people would react to things like public displays of affection by gay and lesbian couples. A FOX6 news reporter approached the RV and talked with an “actor” who said, “Yes, we are working for ABC News.”
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Primetime strikes again.
November 6, 2007 - 19:16 ET by Dave in TexasThis is probably for Primetime. I read somewhere else that they had recently setup another one in New Jersey, except they wanted to see how people reacted to a "lost little kid".
You know the "social experiment" I'd like to see. Let's slip obviously false statements into the teleprompter scripts that ABC News anchors read from. I'm talking stuff that even a third grader would realize is wrong. Let's see how many ABC News anchors would catch on. I think we'd all learn a lot from that.
Crash Test Dummies
November 6, 2007 - 19:38 ET by Lame CherryOh my ABC is using crash test dummies to fondle themselves into homosexual intercourse in public.........
It wasn't ABC who was hauling that child molestor accused in that Bennet case was it too? I believe it was.
Talk about great television. Put perverted acts in people's faces which they have natural revulsion to and call the natural revulsion the problem instead of the perversion.
Pedophiles, homosexuals..........what will ABC think of next for great television.
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One more thing
November 6, 2007 - 19:42 ET by Lame CherryAn additional point, if ABC is studying bigotry...........why can not FOX send out REAL CHRISTIANS TO PRAY in front of Charlie Gibson and MSM types to just see how eye rolling they are in being uncomfortable with Christian virtue.
ABC will never air that.
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This is a cheap moronic
November 6, 2007 - 19:43 ET by balboaThis is a cheap moronic stunt by ABC. Why would you want the highly regarded Fox to do the same thing?
Well, at least they didn't
November 6, 2007 - 19:38 ET by Chris NormanWell, at least they didn't rig gays to explode...
Ha!
November 6, 2007 - 22:14 ET by RiharNow that's a funny line. My compliments. If you lived in Holllywood Chris, you'd be on strike now.
When a liberal speaks, the truth is busy elsewhere.
Gay couples/Straight couples......
November 6, 2007 - 20:14 ET by nnptcgradPersonally I don't like watching either pair suck face in front of me.
Mother nature is a bitch - Ninth Corollary of Murphy's Law
A slam at the South
November 6, 2007 - 22:18 ET by nkviking75And of course, they chose Birmingham, the Bigotry Capital of the World (in their fevered brains).
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Didn't Sacha Baron Cohen already do this?
November 6, 2007 - 22:46 ET by ApacheDidn't Sacha Baron Cohen already do this for comedy but without singling out the South? Certainly with the Bruno character. Sad when you can't separate the 'real' news from the Daily Show types.
"ahh yes.....the phony gay
November 6, 2007 - 23:13 ET by GregE"ahh yes.....the phony gay couples." You better be careful, Harry Reid will gin up a smear letter against you. But hey, there's always EBay!!!
Oh wait, nevermind, there's no need for him to do that. They already feel good about the percentage of the gay vote. No need to make up a letter for it. Military, now that's a different story.
It's all about whether the power grab is necessary.
}}---> One dark and faux gay night
November 7, 2007 - 02:33 ET by Cool ArrowSo they hired straights to do gay things? (Not that there's anything wrong with it).
And this is to taunt Americans into showing disdain for the lifestyle.
Too bad there isn't any authentic news to report.
Perhaps ABC should put
November 7, 2007 - 10:29 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsPerhaps ABC should put these phony gays in front of a mosque to see the reaction of people purporting to be members of the 'religion of peace'. Don't leave any swords laying around nearby though.
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Yep
November 7, 2007 - 13:47 ET by CooperLooks like more antics of those who have graduated from the Dan Rather School Of Journalism course entitled
"All the News That's Fit To Pretend".
top gear
November 7, 2007 - 18:36 ET by m1xramTop Gear - Series 9 Episode 3 already did that experiment. They purchased some under $1000 cars (3) and headed from Florida to Louisiana.
One of the "challenges" was to decorate the competitors car to see if you could cause them problems. It was a vicious idea that turned ugly. Watching from a few thousand miles away it was a good laugh. Here are some of the things that were on the three vehicles.
They were fine on the highway but when they went for gas things got nasty. After that the cars got washed off. It was kind of like finding a nest of hornets and then poking it with a stick, am surprised they tried it at all.
m1xram