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News and Events => Opinions & Editorials => Topic started by: Hazumu on April 07, 2008, 02:07:28 AM

Title: A Quiet Media War
Post by: Hazumu on April 07, 2008, 02:07:28 AM
Reaching the GLBT demo is not just progressive, it's also essential

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"The same uproar resurfaced mid-March (as it did in 2005), when the American Family Association announced that the Ford Motor Company was pulling its advertising from all gay-oriented media. Ford denied the AFA's claim so swiftly that even Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), a watchdog group, didn't feel the need to comment formally on the matter, according to a source there."