Comments on: Mainstream Media Retreats From MRSA Hysteria http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/01/20/1320 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:56:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: DoorQ | Blog | NEWS: No, we weren't about to cause another plague... http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/01/20/1320/comment-page-1#comment-83522 DoorQ | Blog | NEWS: No, we weren't about to cause another plague... Sat, 20 Nov 2010 04:03:01 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/01/20/1320#comment-83522 [...] Turns out we aren’t. [...] [...] Turns out we aren’t. [...]

]]> By: “replace the lies with truth” » Blog Archive » Stephen Bennett, Peter LaBarbera, Matt Barbera: Please apologize! Misinformation leads to Fear, Fear leads to Violence, Do the Math! http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/01/20/1320/comment-page-1#comment-5902 “replace the lies with truth” » Blog Archive » Stephen Bennett, Peter LaBarbera, Matt Barbera: Please apologize! Misinformation leads to Fear, Fear leads to Violence, Do the Math! Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:44:22 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/01/20/1320#comment-5902 [...] Box Turtle Bulletin [Stumble it!]   [link] [...] [...] Box Turtle Bulletin [Stumble it!]   [link] [...]

]]> By: David http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/01/20/1320/comment-page-1#comment-5847 David Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:09:24 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/01/20/1320#comment-5847 Ben, The letter to the Chronicle says, "Predictably, the Right Wing has jumped all over this slander." The "Right Wing" of what? Ben,

The letter to the Chronicle says, “Predictably, the Right Wing has jumped all over this slander.”

The “Right Wing” of what?

]]> By: a. mcewen http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/01/20/1320/comment-page-1#comment-5828 a. mcewen Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:35:54 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/01/20/1320#comment-5828 really though, i gotta give props to sites like this and others who jumped on the story. if only we all were around when paul cameron was just becoming "prominent." really though, i gotta give props to sites like this and others who jumped on the story. if only we all were around when paul cameron was just becoming “prominent.”

]]> By: Ben in oakland http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/01/20/1320/comment-page-1#comment-5823 Ben in oakland Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:49:34 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2008/01/20/1320#comment-5823 Sentto the SF CHronicle today: Sir: A week ago, the Chronicle published a highly inflammatory, untrue and misleading article about antibiotic resistant staph, all but blaming gay men-- diseased, unnatural, promiscuous 'mo's-- for unleashing a virulent new plague on poor, innocent, undefended straight America. The ONE letter the Chronicle published on the subject was from someone who believes that Nature is having her revenge. Predictably, the Right Wing has jumped all over this slander, using it as further "evidence" that gay people do not deserve an end to the religious and social prejudice directed towards them. Much the same was done with AIDS 25 years ago. Except that it all turns out to be NOT TRUE. Today you publish an article indicating that the problem has been around for a long time, is the result of mismanaged and misapplied medicine, and gay men are barely mentioned at all. Further Internet research indicates that football teams and the US military--hardly hotbeds of homosexuality--have have had serious problems with the disease. The New York Times, Newsweek, the CDC, and the UCSF website have repudiated the alleged link between gay men and this disease. The statements of Bien Diep, your source, were patently false. Is it possible that the Chronicle will print a retraction, maybe even an apology? Sentto the SF CHronicle today:

Sir:

A week ago, the Chronicle published a highly inflammatory, untrue and misleading article about antibiotic resistant staph, all but blaming gay men– diseased, unnatural, promiscuous ‘mo’s– for unleashing a virulent new plague on poor, innocent, undefended straight America. The ONE letter the Chronicle published on the subject was from someone who believes that Nature is having her revenge. Predictably, the Right Wing has jumped all over this slander, using it as further “evidence” that gay people do not deserve an end to the religious and social prejudice directed towards them.

Much the same was done with AIDS 25 years ago.

Except that it all turns out to be NOT TRUE. Today you publish an article indicating that the problem has been around for a long time, is the result of mismanaged and misapplied medicine, and gay men are barely mentioned at all. Further Internet research indicates that football teams and the US military–hardly hotbeds of homosexuality–have have had serious problems with the disease. The New York Times, Newsweek, the CDC, and the UCSF website have repudiated the alleged link between gay men and this disease. The statements of Bien Diep, your source, were patently false.

Is it possible that the Chronicle will print a retraction, maybe even an apology?

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