http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/23025/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/networks-give-three-times-more-quotes-supporters-gay-scout-admittance-opponents <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/matt-hadro">Matt Hadro</a> </div> </div> </div> <p> <img src="/sites/default/files/uploads/2013-05-24-ABC-GMA-Tessier.JPG" style="float: right; margin: 3px;" height="134" width="240" />Touting the Boy Scouts' "landmark" and "historic" decision to allow openly-gay members, CBS, ABC, and NBC gave supporters of the decision three times as many quotes as their opponents got on Friday morning's news stories.<br /> <br /> The networks gave 10 soundbites to supporters of the new Scouts policy and only three to its opponents. Supporters included President Obama, gay scout Pascal Tessier, and former den leader Jennifer Tyrell.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/networks-give-three-times-more-quotes-supporters-gay-scout-admittance-opponents" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division abc Barack Obama Boy Scouts cbs CBS This Morning Good Morning America Homosexuality Jennifer Tyrrell NBC Pascal Tessier Today Wayne Brock Wayne Perry Fri, 24 May 2013 21:07:59 +0000 matt.hadro 43672 at http://archive2.mrc.org