{"id":1455994,"date":"2022-04-27T19:45:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T23:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1455994"},"modified":"2022-04-27T19:45:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T23:45:36","slug":"how-the-media-built-the-dont-say-gay-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-media-built-the-dont-say-gay-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Media Built The \u2018Don\u2019t Say Gay\u2019 Narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-the-media-built-the-dont-say-gay-narrative%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1455994&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Even before Florida governor Ron DeSantis (R.) signed the Parental Rights in Education <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/2022\/03\/28\/governor-ron-desantis-signs-historic-bill-to-protect-parental-rights-in-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill<\/a> last month, news outlets referred to it as the <span>&#8220;Don\u2019t Say Gay&#8221; bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bill\u2014which increases classroom transparency and prohibits instruction on sexual orientation from kindergarten to third grade\u2014does not actually ban teachers from &#8220;saying gay.&#8221; At first, members of the media took care to indicate that &#8220;Don&#8217;t Say Gay&#8221; was just how critics referred to the bill. Now they&#8217;ve all but adopted opponents&#8217; framing as their own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Look at how CNN, the <\/span><i><span>New York Times<\/span><\/i><span>, <\/span><span>NPR, <\/span><span>and <\/span><span>PBS <\/span><span>changed their framing of the bill:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1588314 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/D5661618-0906-4D29-BE39-28C2CF98A7E9_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"756\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/D5661618-0906-4D29-BE39-28C2CF98A7E9_4_5005_c.jpeg 756w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/D5661618-0906-4D29-BE39-28C2CF98A7E9_4_5005_c-300x57.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/D5661618-0906-4D29-BE39-28C2CF98A7E9_4_5005_c-736x139.jpeg 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1588320 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FD2F8CA2-A5B6-452F-B56C-7D830D788D01_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FD2F8CA2-A5B6-452F-B56C-7D830D788D01_4_5005_c.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FD2F8CA2-A5B6-452F-B56C-7D830D788D01_4_5005_c-300x88.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FD2F8CA2-A5B6-452F-B56C-7D830D788D01_4_5005_c-768x226.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FD2F8CA2-A5B6-452F-B56C-7D830D788D01_4_5005_c-736x217.jpeg 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1588311 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/253C3D37-AEE3-4B2A-B68E-03CB607089E7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/253C3D37-AEE3-4B2A-B68E-03CB607089E7.jpeg 638w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/253C3D37-AEE3-4B2A-B68E-03CB607089E7-300x173.jpeg 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span>If you read only CBS, you would be forgiven for thinking that the name of the bill had changed:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1588329 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ACF8E4A0-31D5-495F-923E-B76446C1EF56_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ACF8E4A0-31D5-495F-923E-B76446C1EF56_4_5005_c.jpeg 820w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ACF8E4A0-31D5-495F-923E-B76446C1EF56_4_5005_c-300x56.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ACF8E4A0-31D5-495F-923E-B76446C1EF56_4_5005_c-768x144.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ACF8E4A0-31D5-495F-923E-B76446C1EF56_4_5005_c-736x138.jpeg 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span>It\u2019s almost surprising that MSNBC feigned impartiality to begin with:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1588332 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/572AA187-F118-4D8B-B0BF-D911AD42EA0C_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"862\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/572AA187-F118-4D8B-B0BF-D911AD42EA0C_4_5005_c.jpeg 862w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/572AA187-F118-4D8B-B0BF-D911AD42EA0C_4_5005_c-300x72.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/572AA187-F118-4D8B-B0BF-D911AD42EA0C_4_5005_c-768x184.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/572AA187-F118-4D8B-B0BF-D911AD42EA0C_4_5005_c-736x177.jpeg 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span>Two very different headlines from the same author at ABC:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1588335 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4E8DB19C-EAAD-409C-8FBA-641E585BA4C7_4_5005_c-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4E8DB19C-EAAD-409C-8FBA-641E585BA4C7_4_5005_c-1.jpeg 740w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4E8DB19C-EAAD-409C-8FBA-641E585BA4C7_4_5005_c-1-300x60.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/4E8DB19C-EAAD-409C-8FBA-641E585BA4C7_4_5005_c-1-736x148.jpeg 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span>Homosexuality is punishable by death in Qatar. But even the Qatari-owned Al Jazeera adopted liberal framing of the bill:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1588341 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/194E5992-C981-4EF6-8AC0-841C9DDC0B37_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/194E5992-C981-4EF6-8AC0-841C9DDC0B37_4_5005_c.jpeg 760w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/194E5992-C981-4EF6-8AC0-841C9DDC0B37_4_5005_c-300x75.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/194E5992-C981-4EF6-8AC0-841C9DDC0B37_4_5005_c-736x185.jpeg 736w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Democrats hoped that framing the Parental Rights in Education bill as anti-gay would help tank its popularity, and the media were more than happy to assist. But their efforts may have been for naught: The bill still enjoys broad, bipartisan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/floridas-much-smeared-parental-rights-bill-is-popular-even-among-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support<\/a>\u00a0in Florida and across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even before Florida governor Ron DeSantis (R.) signed the Parental Rights in Education bill last month, news outlets referred to it as the &#8220;Don\u2019t Say Gay&#8221; bill. 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