Just How Gay is the New York Times? Ask Richard Berke

Concerned Women for America ^ | February 5, 2003 | By Peter LaBarbera

[Akron Al]

New York Times national correspondent Richard Berke: "...literally three-quarters of the people deciding what’s on the front page are not-so-closeted homosexuals."

The New York Times

Just How ‘Gay’ is The New York Times? Ask Richard Berke     2/5/2003
By Peter LaBarbera

Original Story Exposed ‘Gay’ Influence at Nation's Most Influential Newspaper

CFI Media Accountability Project

Editor-in-chief’s note: The following is the original story from the now-defunct Lambda Report that reported a comment by New York Times national correspondent Richard Berke that “literally three-quarters of the people deciding what’s on the front page [of the Times] are not-so-closeted homosexuals.” Berke, a homosexual, was speaking at an April 12, 2000, reception sponsored by the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA). The story and Berke’s quotation received wide circulation in conservative circles but the original article was never posted on the Web.

LaBarbera—then publisher of Lambda Report (a conservative newsletter that monitored the “gay” movement) and currently editor of the Culture & Family Report—attended the meeting where Berke made the comment. Recently, LaBarbera received an e-mail from a third party that contained comments from an NLGJA official disparaging the story. (However, the official did not dispute Berke's “75 percent” remark.) In the interest of accuracy, here is the original article.

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Just How Gay Is The New York Times?

Reprinted from the Lambda Report on Homosexuality

April-May 2000

The pro-homosexual metamorphosis at The New York Times has advanced so far that on any given day, three-quarters of the people who decide what goes on the front page are “not so closeted homosexuals,” according to Richard Berke, the Times’ National Political Correspondent.

Berke, a longtime member of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLFJA), made the following comments at a 10th anniversary reception for the group April 12 in Washington, D.C.:

“This is at a newspaper where not so long ago—when I started there 15 years ago—the department heads were asking for lists of the gay reporters on different sections so they could be punished in different ways. So things have really changed at the newspaper. Since I’ve been there there’s been a dramatic shift: I remember coming and wondering if there were any gay reporters there or whatever. Now it’s like, there are times when you look at the front-page meeting and … literally three-quarters of the people deciding what’s on the front page are not-so-closeted homosexuals. … [It is] a real far cry from what it was like not so long ago.”

Berke was one of the speakers at the NLGJA’s “View from the Top” reception, held at the National Press Club April 12. Lambda Report reporter Peter LaBarbera attended the event, which was sponsored by America Online Inc., USA Today, The Washington Post, and CBS News. The NLGJA is currently engaged in a campaign to raise its membership to 2,000 by the end of the year.

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[Akron Al]

bump

[Mike Darancette]

The "Old Grey Lady" is a Fag Hag.

[Colosis]

The NYT not gay, but it's boyfriend is.....

[evolved_rage]

Like any member of the pro-diversity conspiracy, Gays only hire other gays, and will subvert the work effort of competitive non-gays. But then again, the only thing gays work at is being swishy...IMHO.

[Polycarp]

Bump and ping. Please pray for Peter LaBarbera, the author of this article. He is the point man for the Christian position in this aspect of the Culture Wars.

[Cicero]

No surprise here. The Times is the country's foremost homosexual newspaper, having surpassed the Blade.

[2nd Amendment]

"All the News that Fit to Make Up"

[Ed_in_NJ]

Old Gay Lady?

[Ed_in_NJ]

Or Old Gay Laddy?

[EdReform]

BTTT for later...

[sheik yerbouty]

With the times these days, it is "bump and grind".

[aristeides]

I believe it is known that Howell Raines is not gay. By a process of elimination, does that mean that Gerald Boyd is?

[MeekMom]

The old Gay Lady needs to be flushed down history's toilet along with the UN.

[RAT Patrol]

Isn't that The Old Gay Lady now?

[RAT Patrol]

"The New York Once Upon A Times" - Jay Leno

[Davis]

Take a look HERE

[billhilly]

"But then again, the only thing gays work at is being swishy."

But just imagine how tastefully the offices must be decorated.

[Excuse_Me]

"The New York Once Upon A Times" - Jay Leno

They do give a rather different meaning to the term "fairy tale" anymore. don't they?

[nickcarraway]

This is at a newspaper where not so long ago—when I started there 15 years ago—the department heads were asking for lists of the gay reporters on different sections so they could be punished in different ways.

Why do I have a hard time believing this?