“There are not two sides.”

“There are not two sides.” July 3, 2015

As the nation’s media openly joined in the celebrations of the Supreme Court’s decision on gay marriage, some are saying, as we blogged about, that they will not cover opposition to the issue anymore.  Ben Smith, editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed, said this:

“We firmly believe that for a number of issues, including civil rights, women’s rights, anti-racism, and LGBT equality, there are not two sides.”

You have GOT to read Federalist editor Mollie Hemingway’s evisceration of this attitude, linked after the jump.

Read it all:   Mollie Hemingway, BuzzFeed’s Journalistic Struggles On Same-Sex Marriage, In GIFs, The Federalist.  Sample:

What would it even mean to say that there are not two sides on an issue that was literally just decided on a 5-4 vote? How does BuzzFeed explain to its readers what that number four represents?

 

 

"The story of Friedrich von Bodelschwingh and Bethel is found in Edna Hong's Bright Valley ..."

The Barmen Declaration Then and Now
"I haven't had much time to read up on his proposal - or rather why ..."

Memorial Day Miscellany, 5/27/24
"Your reaction to that quoted paragraph is telling. You saw the statement that men set ..."

Memorial Day Miscellany, 5/27/24
"This is all interesting and admittedly a history that I do not have a great ..."

The Barmen Declaration Then and Now

Browse Our Archives