by Bach Polakowski | Feb 27, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
Thanks to Karen Ocamb’s LGBT POV website, we learn that Judge Walker has withdrawn the Perry case from consideration for the Ninth Circuit’s pilot project for television, which means there will be no televising of the closing arguments. There was some...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 18, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
That’s the intriguing question being asked at a Los Angeles Press Club event next week. If you are in LA, it sounds like a great panel. It includes Andrew Harmon, senior editor for The Advocate, advocate.com; Ted Johnson, managing editor of Variety and blogger...
by Bach Polakowski | Jan 15, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
As the Proposition 8 trial ends its first week–and much of the traditional LGBT media is finally going to press–it’s interesting to look at how the LGBT press is covering the biggest trial yet over same-sex marriage. Much of the coverage is being...
by Bach Polakowski | Jan 13, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 late Wednesday that the ban on broadcasting the Proposition 8 trial must remain in effect until the court has time to rule on the appeal brought by Prop 8 supporters. The decision broke down on ideological lines with the four liberal...
by Bach Polakowski | Jan 12, 2010 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The Prop 8 trial has already generated noteworthy coverage in both the mainstream and LGBT media. “The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage” by Ted Olson was published in Newsweek: Together with my good friend and occasional courtroom adversary David Boies,...