by Bach Polakowski | Apr 12, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett, Uncategorized
Out magazine’s new Power 50 list was announced and media people play a prominent role. The big news, however, is the addition of a brand new member of the list: Shepard Smith of Fox News. Smith meets Out’s definition of LGBT–including Anderson...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 6, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett
Judge Vaughn Walker has confirmed, for the first time with the media, that he is gay and has been in a 10-year relationship with a man. The story brings an end to one of 2010’s most interesting media ethics stories relating to the judge who everyone assumed was...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 26, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
By now, everyone has likely seen the Marc Ambinder piece on former Republican National Committee chair Ken Mehlman coming out. As interesting as that story is, there are some other interesting media angles worth keeping on-top of: – Mehlman’s interview...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 17, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
In response to this post, National Public Radio’s Ombudsman Alicia Shepard has written her own thoughts about NPR’s identification of Judge Vaughn Walker as “gay and open.” She also raises some questions of how NPR identifies the sexual...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 6, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
In a follow-up on the controversy: – my story at Mediaite. – a story by the Associated Press’ Lisa Leff and another by Peter Hecht at the Sacramento Bee. – a hilarious video story by Stephen Colbert.
