http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/24958/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/cbs-touts-archie-taking-bullet-gay-friend-inadvertently-reveals-publishers-flip-flop <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/matthew-balan">Matthew Balan</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><img src="http://www.mrc.org/sites/default/files/images/2014-07-16-CBS-EN-Archie_Cover.JPG" style="width: 240px; height: 134px; float: right;" />Anthony Mason spotlighted the death of comic book character Archie Andrews on Wednesday's <em>CBS Evening News</em>, and pointed out that "it all ends...when an adult Archie <strong>takes a bullet aimed by a stalker at a gay friend</strong>." Mason turned to the comics' publisher, Jon Goldwater, and wondered if he was "<strong>trying to make a political statement with this comic book</strong>" [MP3 audio <a href="http://www.newsbusters.org/sites/de</p><div class='signature'><p>— Matthew Balan is a News Analyst at the Media Research Center. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MatthewJLB" target="_blank">Follow Matthew Balan on Twitter.</a></p></div><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/biasalerts/cbs-touts-archie-taking-bullet-gay-friend-inadvertently-reveals-publishers-flip-flop" target="_blank">read more</a></p> BiasAlerts News Analysis Division Anthony Mason Archie Andrews cbs CBS Evening News Guns Homosexuality Jon Goldwater Scott Pelley Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:10:34 +0000 matthew.balan 46723 at http://archive2.mrc.org