Roy Herron and the Gay Adoption Issue
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The NRCC has criticized Herron for opposing proposals to ban gay adoption and for his stances on abortion and labor."Roy's fundraising numbers are a bit underwhelming," said NRCC spokesman Andy Sere. "You'd think his many friends in the labor, pro-choice and gay communities would be able to raise more money for a politician who's so fervently preached the liberal gospel."
Media outlets across the state, of course, picked up the AP report just as it is. No where is there any attempt to explain that, if Tennessee bans gay adoption, untold numbers of unwanted children--including those with disabilities and health problems--will languish in state custody and foster homes for years on end.
The AP isn't doing anything that almost all other mainstream media outlets don't do every day. Following the lazy conventions of he said/she said journalism, they toss out such accusations without context in their dispatches, letting the mud splatter where it may. The accumulating media reports eventually influence public opinion and produce more and more politicians bent on passing bad laws. It's exactly the kind of coverage that hacks like Sere are counting on to smear their opponents.
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