NY Times Teams Up With Gay Groups to Promote Teens 'Coming Out

Clay Waters
May 24th, 2011 10:59 AM
So much for objective journalism; in recent weeks the New York Times has embraced gay advocacy. The May 16 front page carried a complimentary profile by Dan Barry (normally the "This Land" columnist for the paper) of Rick Welts, president of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, coming out as a gay man, "Going Public, N.B.A. Figure Sheds Shadow Life." "This is one of the last industries where the subject…