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Networks Hype 'History-Making Moment for the NBA' After Jason Collins Plays for 10 Minutes

Despite openly gay NBA player Jason Collins only spending 10 minutes on the court during a game Sunday night, all three network morning shows on Monday hailed his non-scoring time off the ...
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NBC Pundit: Jason Collins Like 'Rosa Parks,' A 'Gay Hero' Starting A 'Movement'

During a panel discussion on Thursday's NBC Today, attorney and regular pundit Star Jones compared gay NBA player Jason Collins to a civil rights icon: "I don't think that, say a Rosa Parks, set ...
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Anderson Cooper on Gay NBA Player: 'The Tide of History Is Moving Forward'

Discussing NBA player Jason Collins coming out as gay, CNN's Anderson Cooper supported the notion that more professional athletes may come out. "The tide of history is moving forward," the ...
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WaPo Sports Columnist Rails at ‘Heterosexual Religious Zealots’

Not celebrating Jason Collins’ sexuality? You’re a bigot.
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MSNBC's Hayes Marks 'Real Milestone' of Jason Collins Coming Out

On Monday's All In show, MSNBC host Chris Hayes celebrated the coming out of gay NBA player Jason Collins as he tagged the development as a "real milestone," a "watershed moment," "something ...
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CNN Covers Gay NBA Player Nine Times More In a Day Than It Did Gosnell In One Week

In just 24 hours, CNN spent over 76 minutes of air time on NBA player Jason Collins's announcement that he was gay, hyping the news as "historic" and a "big moment for the country." However, ...
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After Praising Gay NBA Player as 'Towering Figure,' NBC Dismisses Tebow as 'Spoof-Worthy' And 'Lackluster'

While Tuesday's NBC Today began by heralding gay NBA player Jason Collins as "a towering figure on the court" and in "sports history," later in the 7 a.m. ET hour, correspondent Craig Melvin ...
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ABC Salutes Gay Basketball Player as a 'True Pioneer' Who Is Just Like 'Jackie Robinson'

Good Morning America on Tuesday hailed the announcement that basketball player Jason Collins was gay. News reader Josh Elliott compared the Washington Wizards player to Jackie Robinson, the first ...
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NBC Brings On Liberal Columnist to Hail Gay NBA Player, Demand Supreme Court Back Gay Marriage

Amid the celebration on Tuesday's NBC Today over the "groundbreaking" "game changer" announcement by NBA player Jason Collins that he is gay, co-host Matt Lauer brought on liberal New York ...
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ABC Celebrates Gay NBA Player, Still Ignores Gosnell

Three network shows fawn over gay athlete.    
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