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The World’s Most Powerful Gay ManPosted on Aug 26, 2011
The media ignore the fact that new Apple CEO Tim Cook is gay; the ratings of both the Republican and Democratic parties decline; and the consequences of the defeat of Gadhafi’s regime are still up in the air. These discoveries and more, below. On a regular basis, Truthdig brings you the news items and odds and ends that have found their way to Larry Gross, director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. A specialist in media and culture, art and communication, visual communication and media portrayals of minorities, Gross helped found the field of gay and lesbian studies. The links below open in a new window. Newer ones are on top. Don’t Ignore Tim Cook’s sexuality Americans Want More Pressure on Students, the Chinese Want Less Obama Leadership Image Takes a Hit, GOP Ratings Decline Steve Jobs and America Too Soon to Declare Victory The secret the politicians and media won’t tell you: Government is legally required to create jobs Number of women working in TV falls Is Sleep Brain Defragmentation? Another ‘not gay’ legislator pays a young man for a good time Russian court bans Mickey Mouse as Christ painting Advertisement Previous item: Moammar and Leezza Sittin' in a Tree Next item: Suicide Bomber Kills 18 in Attack on United Nations Headquarters in Nigeria New and Improved CommentsWe are launching a major overhaul of our comments section. In addition to more robust spam filtering and moderation, new features include the ability to rate other comments, sort how they are displayed and respond directly via e-mail or in a thread. Unfortunately, commenters will lose their existing Truthdig identities. It's a pain, we know, but on the plus side you will now be able to log in with a plethora of options, including Google, Twitter, Facebook and Disqus accounts. Before launching this system we spent months in discussion with our top commenters. We listened to the feedback and we hope you like what we've come up with. Please direct any problems or concerns to us via our contact page. |
By jojojo, September 16, 2011 at 8:22 am Link to this comment
It actually seems a GOOD sign when we don’t talk about someone’s sexuality. Should they report whether Cook is black or white, male or female ( I once knew a woman with the nickname “Timmy”), of Northern European or Asian descent?
Report thisBy Anthro, August 26, 2011 at 6:44 pm Link to this comment
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I can’t for the life of me see what is supposedly newsworthy about someone’s
sexual orientation. Only when such things do not matter will we have made some
progress, so I see the media not jumping on it as progress, indeed.
It’s like asking a successful woman if she’s a good cook or housekeeper or if she
Report thisspends enough time with her children (or even if she has children at all).
By TDoff, August 26, 2011 at 3:34 pm Link to this comment
It seems a newsworthy oddity if the new CEO of Apple wears pants with zippers on both the front and the rear.
Report thisBy SarcastiCanuck, August 26, 2011 at 12:08 pm Link to this comment
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Jeeze Larry,does Tim Cook’s job promotion mean we need to know his sexuality.When you talk about Warren Buffet,do you talk about his hetero-leanings.Too much info,thank you very much.
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