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Showing posts with label Brendan Eich. Show all posts

Sunday, April 13, 2014

ABC Apologizes For Story That Connected Mozilla CEO To Hateful Westboro Baptist --Oops

April 13, 2014 ABC News , Brendan Eich 0 Comments
Source:  Westboro Baptist Church
By Scott Whitlock, Apr. 11, 2014, Newsbusters.com

ABC News Vice President Jeffrey Schneider has apologized for a story on his network that connected a CEO who supports traditional marriage to the Westboro Baptist Church and their offensive "God hates fags" signs. Mr. Schneider contacted the Media Research Center on Thursday after our social media department requested members call and complain about the comparison. 

Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich was ousted earlier this month when it was revealed that he donated $1000 in 2008 to Proposition 8. As Good Morning America reporter Linzie Janis explained the story on April 4, footage of the completely unrelated Westboro protesters holding "soldiers died 4 fag marriage" signs appeared onscreen. ABCNews.com offered this apology: 

The segment as originally aired on Good Morning America on April 4, 2014, and included on this page, has been updated to correct an error. Video of a demonstration by the Westboro Baptist Church, which is not connected to this story, was inadvertently used in the original segment. We apologize for the error and have removed that video.

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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Daily Kos Blogger: I'm 'Tolerant,' But I 'Draw the Line' At Tea Party 'Bullies' --Tolerant until intolerance sets in

April 10, 2014 Brendan Eich , Mark E Andersen 0 Comments
Brendan Eich, CEO Mozilla 
By Tom Johnson, Apr. 9, 2014, Newsbusters.org

Should one tolerate intolerance? What is intolerance? Daily Kos writer Mark E Andersen implicitly asked those questions in a front-page post this past Sunday, and answered them in the manner you'd expect of a blogger for the lefty site.
 
Apropos of the flap over former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich's backing of Proposition 8, Andersen declared that he, like "the vast majority of us on the left," is "tolerant" of different opinions, but that he won't put up with "actions" he finds "bigot[ed]...outdated, backwards," such as opposition to same-sex marriage. He asserted that it's a "simple fact" that "the Tea Party and their conservative brethren...are bullies."

From Andersen's post (emphasis added):
...We've all heard this argument from the right before, that those of us on the left are the ones that [are] intolerant because we refuse to tolerate the beliefs of the right.

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